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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(b) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(c) the religion of the Japanese.
(d) the rise and fall of the shōguns.

3. What does Blackthorne want to do?
(a) escape during the confusion.
(b) search the coastline for Rodrigues.
(c) take command of the galley.
(d) apply for Rodriguez's job.

4. What causes Yabu to defy orders?
(a) the onslaught of winter.
(b) the potential for riches aboard Blackthorne's ship.
(c) his plan to become the shōgun.
(d) his devotion to his wife.

5. What is Blackthorne's position before the wreck of the Erasmus?
(a) captain of the Santa Theresa.
(b) navigator of the Omi.
(c) translator for the British.
(d) pilot-major of the trading ship Erasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blackthorne show his contempt for Father Sabastio?

2. How is Rodrigues found the morning after the storm?

3. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

4. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?

5. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?

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