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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. How does Blackthorne divert attention from Toranaga in the palanquin?
(a) by doing a hornpipe dance.
(b) by pointing to the sky.
(c) by bowing low to Ishido.
(d) by feigning a fit.

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

3. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?
(a) because they would amuse the shōgun.
(b) because it is not an auspicious day.
(c) because they might know something important.
(d) because of their apparent dislike of the priest.

4. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?
(a) Japan.
(b) the Friar's home country, Spain
(c) Holland.
(d) China.

5. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?
(a) Yaemon's mother, Ochiba.
(b) Mariko.
(c) his chief consort.
(d) the young widow of Hiro-matsu's grandson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodrigues begin to feel about Blackthorne?

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

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

4. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?

5. What are the men given to eat?

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