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

2. What does Toranaga say to Buntaro about Blackthorne's head.
(a) he thinks it is on wrong.
(b) he wants to elevate it.
(c) he needs it in a basket.
(d) he needs it on his shoulders.

3. What happens when Mariko's husband, Buntaro, is trapped at the end of the jetty?
(a) he prepares to kill himself.
(b) he launches a bomb that blows up the jetty.
(c) Rodrigues shows up to rescue him.
(d) he jumps into the ocean and swims away.

4. What has been Toranaga's ambition all along?
(a) to protect Yaemon.
(b) to become shōgun.
(c) to live in peace.
(d) to amass a great fortune trading.

5. When Toda Hiro-matsu arrives, what is Yabu doing?
(a) recruiting an army.
(b) entertaining Blackthorne.
(c) preparing for an execution.
(d) unloading the Erasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blackthorne justify deceiving the friar?

2. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?

3. What does Toranaga tell Gyoko about Kiku?

4. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

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

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