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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?
(a) he is Toranga's adviser.
(b) he is the provencial governor.
(c) he is the shōgun's general.
(d) he is Toranga's rival.

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

3. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?
(a) the Erasmus is much larger than the galley.
(b) the Erasmus has oars but the galley does not.
(c) the galley is more rugged than the Erasmus.
(d) the Erasmus is built for the rough weather.

4. Why does Blackthorne bow to Yabu?
(a) for his superior air.
(b) for his bravery in saving the life of Rodrigues.
(c) to beg for his life.
(d) for his allowing Blackthorne to save Rodrigues.

5. Satisfied Blackthorne is not an enemy, what does Friar Dominga tell Blackthorne?
(a) about Spanish priests.
(b) about Spanish ships.
(c) about Spanish gold.
(d) about Spanish cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?

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

3. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?

4. Where is Blackthorne taken out of respect for his position?

5. What causes Yabu to defy orders?

Short Essay Questions

1. After escaping the harbor, when Blackthorne awakes from his exhausted sleep, what does he find Toranaga doing?

2. How is tension presented in Toranaga's character after meeting Ishido?

3. What prompts Blackthorne to attack Father Sabastio and desecrate his wooden cross?

4. Why does Blackthorne not take Rodrigues up on the offer to copy his rutters?

5. How is the Portuguese pilot, Rodrigues, introduced into the story?

6. During the galley trip to Osaka, what happens with the weather?

7. Why does Buntaro prepare to commit seppuku at the end of a jetty?

8. Why is the ship Toranaga is on unable to leave the harbor?

9. What does Rodrigues tell Blackthorne about the Japanese rowers on board the galley?

10. What does Blackthorne tell Toranaga at their first meeting that puzzled him?

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