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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toranaga leave the palace in Osaka?
(a) disguised as a gardener.
(b) disguised as a samurai.
(c) disguised as a priest.
(d) disguised as a woman.

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

3. How does Blackthorne show his contempt for Father Sabastio?
(a) by snatching and breaking his crucifix.
(b) by refusing to speak to him.
(c) by shouting at him.
(d) by making faces behind his back.

4. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
(a) Toranaga and Yabu.
(b) Hiro-matsu and Yabu.
(c) Hiro-matsu and Father Sebastio.
(d) a priest and Yabu.

5. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?
(a) that the Erasmus is a British ship.
(b) that he comes from Argentina.
(c) that he is only a deckhand.
(d) that his fleet is coming.

6. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?
(a) Toranaga.
(b) Su, the uncle of Yabu's enemy, Ikawa Jikkyu.
(c) Father Sabastio.
(d) Yuriko.

7. Why does Ishido Kazunari insult Toranaga?
(a) to have an excuse for killing him.
(b) to precipitate a change in government.
(c) to challenge his samurai.
(d) to see how he will react.

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

9. Who sees Blackthorne as dangerous because of his information?
(a) Hiro-matsu.
(b) Yuba.
(c) the church.
(d) the shōgun.

10. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the religion of the Japanese.
(b) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(c) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(d) the rise and fall of the shōguns.

11. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?
(a) Blackthorne is watching.
(b) his fear of the priest.
(c) there is no way to reseal it.
(d) his religious ideals.

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

13. What is Rodrigues carrying for Father Sebastio?
(a) a letter.
(b) a crate of sake.
(c) a sealed package.
(d) a donation to Toranga.

14. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?
(a) it is being repaired.
(b) it cannot out maneuver the ship.
(c) it is in dry dock.
(d) it is filled with Gray samurai.

15. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?
(a) it belonged to the first mate.
(b) it was stolen from the Portuguese.
(c) it was bought from the French.
(d) it was made by Blackthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blackthorne divert attention from Toranaga in the palanquin?

2. What color signifies Toranaga's warriors?

3. After a few skirmishes, where does Blackthorne end up?

4. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?

5. What prevents the ship from moving once Toranaga and his party are on board?

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