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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. What does the first priest indicate when he arrives where Blackthorne is held prisoner?
(a) that Blackthorne is going to die.
(b) that Blackthorne is safe because of his golden hair.
(c) that Blackthorne is the lone survivor of the wreck.
(d) that Blackthorne will become a slave.

2. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?
(a) pilots the galley.
(b) watches Yabu.
(c) talks to the priest.
(d) tries to escape.

3. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?
(a) he throws the man into prison.
(b) he orders the man put to the lash.
(c) he has the man crucified.
(d) he slices off the man's head.

4. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) an Englishman named Hyde-White.
(b) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(c) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.
(d) a Frenchman named LaSalle.

5. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(b) they tell him in Portuguese.
(c) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(d) they give him a musket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?

2. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

3. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?

4. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?

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

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