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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toranaga tell Hiro-matsu about his stated plan to go to Osaka?
(a) it is time for him to go.
(b) it is in obedience to the council.
(c) it is a ruse to gain time.
(d) it is a matter of personal honor.

2. 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.

3. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?
(a) Mariko
(b) Martin Alvito
(c) Rodrigues
(d) Hiro-matsu

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

5. As Yabu and Toranaga head for the village, what are Omi and Mura discussing?
(a) it there is enough security in the village.
(b) how to plan a surprise for Toranaga.
(c) whether everything is ready for the arrival.
(d) what time Yabu and Toranaga will arrive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has possession of the Erasmus?

2. What position does Blackthorne occupy as long as he is in Japan?

3. What confidence does Toranaga appear to have in Hiro-matsu?

4. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?

5. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?

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