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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Forty through Forty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interests Toranaga as a possible consort?
(a) Kiku.
(b) Suki.
(c) Mariko.
(d) Fujiko.

2. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?
(a) Mariko
(b) Rodrigues
(c) Hiro-matsu
(d) Martin Alvito

3. When does Fujiko sleep?
(a) only during the day.
(b) only when Blackthorne sleeps.
(c) only short cat naps.
(d) only when Blackthorne goes out.

4. How does Buntaro escape death?
(a) Rodrigues's galley comes close enough for him to swim.
(b) the soldiers begin to slip and fall off the jetty.
(c) Toranaga's men ambush the soldiers.
(d) Toranaga sends him a horse and orders him to safety.

5. Who has possession of the Erasmus?
(a) Yabu.
(b) Blackthorne.
(c) the Jesuits.
(d) Toranaga.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mura send to dig for what Toranaga lost in the earthquake?

2. How does Kiri divert attention from Toranaga as they make their escape?

3. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?

4. Who prevents Blackthorne from killing himself?

5. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?

(see the answer key)

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