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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 would amuse the shōgun.
(d) because they might know something important.

2. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) a Frenchman named LaSalle.
(b) an Englishman named Hyde-White.
(c) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(d) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.

3. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?
(a) if Rodriguez really knows what he is doing.
(b) if the galley will make it to Osaka.
(c) if a sudden lurch was planned to get rid of Blackthorne.
(d) if Blackthrone could survive overboard.

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

5. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?
(a) it was stolen from the Portuguese.
(b) it was bought from the French.
(c) it belonged to the first mate.
(d) it was made by Blackthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?

2. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

3. What happens to Rodrigues during the storm?

4. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?

5. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?

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