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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 happens to Rodrigues during the storm?
(a) he has a religious experience.
(b) his safety line snaps and he is washed overboard.
(c) he becomes too ill to pilot the galley.
(d) he misses his chance to kill Blackthorne.

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

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 has the man crucified.
(c) he orders the man put to the lash.
(d) he slices off the man's head.

4. How is the Englishman killed?
(a) in the boiling sun.
(b) in boiling water.
(c) in boiling butter.
(d) in boiling oil.

5. When Blackthorne's name is called, what does he think at first?
(a) that someone is there to help him escape.
(b) that they finally know how to pronounce his name.
(c) that he is being saved.
(d) that he is going to his death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

2. What is the subject matter of the Prologue?

3. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?

4. What has Toranaga learned about his situation?

5. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

(see the answer key)

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