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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do couriers from Osaka bring to Toranaga?
(a) letters from Yaemon.
(b) a petition for him to return to the council.
(c) a tax bill.
(d) demands from Ishido.

2. What interrupts the party?
(a) news that Sazuko is dying.
(b) news that Toranaga is attacking.
(c) news that Yodoko is dying.
(d) news that Toranaga is dying.

3. What demand does Toranaga make of his son to prove his fidelity?
(a) to swear on the heads of his children.
(b) to slaughter his four children.
(c) to put his head on a chopping block.
(d) to divorce his wife.

4. Who does Toranaga send for to come to his quarters?
(a) Mariko.
(b) Blackthorne.
(c) Hiro-matsu.
(d) Alvito.

5. How does Toranaga handle the situation with the large number of samurai on the beach when he arrives?
(a) he has his own troops ready in ambush.
(b) he sends Yabu to speak for him.
(c) he refuses to leave the galley.
(d) he tenders his resignation as a council member.

6. When Mariko is unable to leave as ordered by Toranaga, what does she plan to do?
(a) commit seppuku.
(b) send for assistance.
(c) bribe the guards.
(d) go over to Ishido.

7. What does Blackthorne say that he and Mariko are to Toranaga?
(a) decoys.
(b) lame ducks.
(c) pidgeons.
(d) amusements.

8. What permission does Toranaga give Blackthorne about his crew?
(a) that he could return them to the ship.
(b) that he could bury them.
(c) that he could visit them.
(d) that he could send them back to Portugal.

9. Where is Blackthorne when Yabu arrives to see him?
(a) in Mariko's house.
(b) waiting to see Toranaga.
(c) at his rebuilt house.
(d) on board the Erasmus.

10. What has Omi done in preparation for the arrival of Toranaga and Yabu?
(a) spent a great deal of money to have a banquet ready.
(b) spent a great deal of money to paint the palace.
(c) spent a great deal of money and had the beach raked.
(d) spent a great deal of money to hire musicians.

11. What course of action does Yabu recommend?
(a) pretending to cooperate.
(b) sending Blackthrone to Ishido.
(c) killing the couriers.
(d) declaring war.

12. How does Toranaga attempt to make peace between Buntaro and Mariko?
(a) having Buntaro apologize to Mariko.
(b) having Buntaro spend the night with Mariko.
(c) giving Buntaro a fiefdom.
(d) giving Mariko a financial settlement.

13. What natural disaster helps Blackthorne understand the Japanese culture better?
(a) a volcano eruption.
(b) a tsunami.
(c) an earthquake.
(d) a cyclone.

14. What does Blackthorne suggest Toranaga intends to do with him and Mariko?
(a) promote them.
(b) sacrifice them.
(c) demote them.
(d) sell them.

15. What ultimatum is given Blackthorne about his learning the language?
(a) if he does not, Mirako will be beheaded.
(b) if he does not, he will be sent to Spain as a spy.
(c) if he does not, the entire village will be beheaded.
(d) if he does not, he will be beheaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Toranga been ordered to do?

2. What is Mariko trying to goad Ishido into admitting?

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

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

5. What is the new class of young ladies that Gyoko suggests?

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