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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. What is the subject matter of the Prologue?
(a) the conflict between the Jesuits and the Dutch.
(b) the promotion of Blackthorne to captain.
(c) the warnings from the Japanese about invaders.
(d) the storm that sends the ship to land at Japan.

2. How does Toranaga keep Blackthorne safe from the Christians?
(a) by feeding them misinformation.
(b) by having him marry Kiri.
(c) by threatening them with expulsion.
(d) by proclaiming him his personal ship builder.

3. Who does Blackthorne believe had something to do with the burning of his ship?
(a) Ishido.
(b) the priests.
(c) Vinck.
(d) Toranaga.

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

5. What kills the messenger Blackthorne is talking to on board the Erasmus?
(a) arrows come from a nearby fishing boat.
(b) a falling spar.
(c) the sword of the samurai.
(d) a shot from Blackthorne's pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?

2. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?

3. After purging his advisers, what does Toranaga do?

4. Where is Blackthorne when Yabu arrives to see him?

5. When Blackthorne wakes up and finds everyone swimming, what is Toranaga wanting to do?

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