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

2. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?
(a) he is still unconscious.
(b) he is delirious.
(c) he is dead.
(d) he is conscious.

3. Why is Toranaga concerned about Martin Alvito?
(a) he is not sure he translates correctly.
(b) he is too close to the Jesuits.
(c) he has shifty eyes.
(d) he thinks a long time before translating.

4. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(b) the religion of the Japanese.
(c) the rise and fall of the shōguns.
(d) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.

5. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?
(a) how to plan an escape.
(b) some Biblical history.
(c) some words and phrases in Japanese.
(d) how to keep warm in the cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blackthorne suspect about the daimyo, Kasigi Yabu, Lord of Izu?

2. How does Blackthorne show his contempt for Father Sabastio?

3. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?

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

5. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?

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