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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixty and Sixty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?
(a) looking for the rutters.
(b) looking for Blackthorne.
(c) removing the canon.
(d) guiding the Japanese.

3. What does the letter from Mariko urge Blackthorne to do?
(a) join the Church.
(b) wait for a merchant ship and leave Japan.
(c) build a new ship.
(d) kill Toranaga.

4. What does the letter from Mariko reveal to Blackthorne?
(a) her need to return to Buntaro.
(b) her part in the destruction of the Erasmus.
(c) her defiance of Toranaga's orders.
(d) her lack of affection for him.

5. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?
(a) on orders from Toranaga.
(b) because he has the map.
(c) on orders from Ishido.
(d) because he tells the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?

2. What agreement do Buntaro and Mariko come to?

3. What does Toranaga tell Buntaro about Mariko and the divorce he had agreed to?

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

5. On her deathbed, what does Yodoko tell Ochiba she must do?

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