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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. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?
(a) he is thinking about many problems he faces.
(b) his wife snores.
(c) he fears assassination.
(d) his bed it too hard.

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

3. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they work very cheaply.
(b) they row far past what a normal man would endure.
(c) they never disobey orders.
(d) they are very polite to the pilot.

4. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?
(a) the galley is more rugged than the Erasmus.
(b) the Erasmus is built for the rough weather.
(c) the Erasmus has oars but the galley does not.
(d) the Erasmus is much larger than the galley.

5. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a musket.
(b) they tell him in Portuguese.
(c) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(d) they take him out of the prison courtyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?

4. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?

5. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?

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