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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 does Blackthorne want to do?
(a) escape during the confusion.
(b) take command of the galley.
(c) search the coastline for Rodrigues.
(d) apply for Rodriguez's job.

2. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?
(a) that religious differences are a ridiculous reason for war.
(b) that he never participated in it.
(c) that it will soon spread to Japan.
(d) that it has nothing to do with him.

3. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?
(a) Holland.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) the Friar's home country, Spain

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blackthorne manage to get the galley safely out of the way of the flaming arrows?

2. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?

3. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?

4. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?

5. Who arrives and almost puts an end to the ruse Toranaga uses for his getaway?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rodrigues swept overboard on the galley?

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

3. Why does Blackthorne want to get on board the Erasmus?

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

5. How is one of the crew brutally tortured to death?

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

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

8. What are Blackthorne's questions Toranaga tells Mariko not to answer?

9. What is the first indication of Yabu's ambition as Hiro-matsu arrives to see the Erasmus?

10. How is the conflict between Toranaga and Ishido presented as Ishido is introduced into the novel?

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