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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. How does Blackthorne show his contempt for Father Sabastio?
(a) by shouting at him.
(b) by refusing to speak to him.
(c) by making faces behind his back.
(d) by snatching and breaking his crucifix.

2. What is Blackthorne's position before the wreck of the Erasmus?
(a) captain of the Santa Theresa.
(b) navigator of the Omi.
(c) translator for the British.
(d) pilot-major of the trading ship Erasmus.

3. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?
(a) that Yabu keeps Blackthorne in his house.
(b) that Yabu be executed.
(c) that Blackthorne be sent to Osaka alone.
(d) that Yabu return with Blackthorne to Osaka

4. What causes Yabu to defy orders?
(a) his plan to become the shōgun.
(b) his devotion to his wife.
(c) the onslaught of winter.
(d) the potential for riches aboard Blackthorne's ship.

5. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
(a) a priest and Yabu.
(b) Hiro-matsu and Yabu.
(c) Toranaga and Yabu.
(d) Hiro-matsu and Father Sebastio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Yabu cover his attempt to get the ship's treasure and weaponry for himself?

3. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?

4. How is the Englishman killed?

5. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?

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