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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. When Toda Hiro-matsu arrives, what is Yabu doing?
(a) unloading the Erasmus.
(b) entertaining Blackthorne.
(c) recruiting an army.
(d) preparing for an execution.

2. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?
(a) for twenty years.
(b) for ten years.
(c) since he was fifteen.
(d) since the revolution.

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

4. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?
(a) muskets, gold, silver, plate, coins, and fancy clothing.
(b) stowaways and maps of the Pacific Ocean.
(c) rum, Chinese silks, coconuts, and bananas.
(d) dynamite, fuses, water mines, and wine.

5. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?
(a) that the Erasmus is a British ship.
(b) that he is only a deckhand.
(c) that his fleet is coming.
(d) that he comes from Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?

3. How is Rodrigues found the morning after the storm?

4. What are the men given to eat?

5. After a few skirmishes, where does Blackthorne end up?

(see the answer key)

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