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

2. What is Blackthorne looking for when he manages to return to his ship?
(a) the rudder.
(b) the ribber.
(c) the rubber.
(d) the rutter.

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

4. What does Blackthorne suspect about the daimyo, Kasigi Yabu, Lord of Izu?
(a) that he will carry out the wishes of Father Sabastio.
(b) that he is disinterested in Blackthorne.
(c) that he understands English.
(d) he does not fully trust Sabastio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?

3. What happens to Rodrigues during the storm?

4. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?

5. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?

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