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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty through Twenty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
(a) on the Erasmus.
(b) in front of Toranaga.
(c) in a cramped prison cell
(d) on Rodrigues's galley.

4. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?
(a) a young boy.
(b) a priest.
(c) Yabu himself.
(d) a courtesan.

5. What has Yabu decided to do against direct orders.
(a) not to kill any of the Englishmen.
(b) remain in Yedo.
(c) go directly to the shōgun.
(d) sink the Erasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blackthorne suspect about Father Sabastio?

2. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?

3. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?

4. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?

5. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?

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