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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?
(a) orders to kill Blackthorne.
(b) maps from the Erasmus.
(c) a catechism written in Japanese.
(d) Blackthorne's rutters.

2. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?
(a) a courtesan.
(b) Yabu himself.
(c) a young boy.
(d) a priest.

3. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?
(a) to confiscate the ship for himself.
(b) to destroy the erasmus.
(c) to confiscate the goods and the ship for Toranga.
(d) to remove the canons from the ship.

4. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?
(a) the sea becomes calm.
(b) it begins to snow.
(c) a storm comes up.
(d) the clouds hide the stars.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rodrigues consider doing with Blackthorne?

3. When Toda Hiro-matsu arrives, what is Yabu doing?

4. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?

5. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?

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