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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Forty-Seven through Fifty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Blackthorne when Yabu arrives to see him?
(a) waiting to see Toranaga.
(b) in Mariko's house.
(c) on board the Erasmus.
(d) at his rebuilt house.

2. After purging his advisers, what does Toranaga do?
(a) he calls for Blackthorne's advice.
(b) he goes to his room to wait.
(c) he mounts an attack party.
(d) he moves in with his samurai.

3. What confidence does Toranaga appear to have in Hiro-matsu?
(a) that he trusts him.
(b) that he needs his advice.
(c) that he is a true friend.
(d) that he doubts him.

4. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?
(a) they are all condemned to die.
(b) they will soon be forgotten.
(c) they will all be released.
(d) they will be used as medical experiments.

5. What honor does Toranaga grant Blackthorne?
(a) a fifedom.
(b) a wife.
(c) a brace of pistols.
(d) two swords.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Yabu and Toranaga head for the village, what are Omi and Mura discussing?

2. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

3. What demand does Toranaga make of his son to prove his fidelity?

4. When Blackthorne's name is called, what does he think at first?

5. Satisfied Blackthorne is not an enemy, what does Friar Dominga tell Blackthorne?

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