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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirty through Thirty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Blackthorne threaten to commit suicide?
(a) the village is held responsible for his learning Japanese.
(b) no one in the village will help him learn Japanese.
(c) he does not want to learn Japanese.
(d) he thinks he has no chance to learn Japanese.

2. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?
(a) that the samurai will chop off his head.
(b) that the daimyo will order Blackthorne's execution.
(c) that he will become a slave of the shōgun.
(d) that he will be forced to fight a samurai.

3. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) another galley comes to haul it.
(b) the storm ceases.
(c) Blackthorne pilots it.
(d) a freak wind saves it.

4. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?
(a) the clouds hide the stars.
(b) a storm comes up.
(c) it begins to snow.
(d) the sea becomes calm.

5. Satisfied Blackthorne is not an enemy, what does Friar Dominga tell Blackthorne?
(a) about Spanish cuisine.
(b) about Spanish ships.
(c) about Spanish priests.
(d) about Spanish gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?

2. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?

3. What is Rodrigues carrying for Father Sebastio?

4. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?

5. What is Blackthorne's duty after Toranaga leaves?

(see the answer key)

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