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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. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?
(a) since the revolution.
(b) for twenty years.
(c) since he was fifteen.
(d) for ten years.

2. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?
(a) some words and phrases in Japanese.
(b) some Biblical history.
(c) how to keep warm in the cell.
(d) how to plan an escape.

3. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?
(a) that he never participated in it.
(b) that it will soon spread to Japan.
(c) that religious differences are a ridiculous reason for war.
(d) that it has nothing to do with him.

4. What does Rodrigues consider doing with Blackthorne?
(a) killing him.
(b) helping him with Toranga.
(c) partnering with him.
(d) hiding him.

5. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?
(a) the grandson of Hiro-matsu.
(b) a Friar named Domingo.
(c) Father Sebastio.
(d) some of his old crewmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blackthorne's position before the wreck of the Erasmus?

2. What does the first priest indicate when he arrives where Blackthorne is held prisoner?

3. What is Rodrigues carrying for Father Sebastio?

4. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?

5. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

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