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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. Why do many guards die on the way to the ship?
(a) they are attacked by archers.
(b) they are attacked by peasants.
(c) they are attacked by tigers.
(d) they fall into the water.

2. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?
(a) pilots the galley.
(b) watches Yabu.
(c) tries to escape.
(d) talks to the priest.

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

4. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) the storm ceases.
(b) a freak wind saves it.
(c) another galley comes to haul it.
(d) Blackthorne pilots it.

5. What does Blackthorne want to do?
(a) search the coastline for Rodrigues.
(b) take command of the galley.
(c) apply for Rodriguez's job.
(d) escape during the confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?

2. What happens to Rodrigues during the storm?

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

4. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?

5. What has Yabu decided to do against direct orders.

(see the answer key)

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