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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 interrupts the party?
(a) news that Toranaga is dying.
(b) news that Toranaga is attacking.
(c) news that Yodoko is dying.
(d) news that Sazuko is dying.

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

3. Why do many guards die on the way to the ship?
(a) they are attacked by tigers.
(b) they are attacked by archers.
(c) they are attacked by peasants.
(d) they fall into the water.

4. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?
(a) because it is not an auspicious day.
(b) because of their apparent dislike of the priest.
(c) because they might know something important.
(d) because they would amuse the shōgun.

5. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?
(a) Yaemon's mother, Ochiba.
(b) Mariko.
(c) his chief consort.
(d) the young widow of Hiro-matsu's grandson.

Short Answer Questions

1. On her deathbed, what does Yodoko tell Ochiba she must do?

2. What has Toranaga learned about his situation?

3. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?

4. Why does Toranaga worry about Blackthorne?

5. What does Blackthorne suggest Toranaga intends to do with him and Mariko?

(see the answer key)

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