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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 causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?
(a) his wife snores.
(b) his bed it too hard.
(c) he fears assassination.
(d) he is thinking about many problems he faces.

2. Why is it dangerous for Toranaga, disguised as Kiri, to reach for the scroll Ishido brings?
(a) women must not take anything from a man.
(b) the palanquin might tip over.
(c) his hand will give him away.
(d) his voice will give him away.

3. How does Rodrigues begin to feel about Blackthorne?
(a) he likes him and plans to help him.
(b) he begins to suspect he is not a pilot.
(c) he likes him but suspects he is a danger to him.
(d) he suspects he is a spy for Toranga.

4. While Yabu is telling Omi that the next battle will be fought at sea, what does he see entering the bay?
(a) a fleet of English warships.
(b) the HMS Pinafore.
(c) a ship flying the flag of Toranaga.
(d) a pod of whales.

5. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?
(a) on the ship.
(b) in a pit.
(c) in a small cubicle.
(d) in a palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color signifies Toranaga's warriors?

2. What does the first priest indicate when he arrives where Blackthorne is held prisoner?

3. How is the Englishman killed?

4. Who knows there have been secret deals between Ishido and two of the others who rule for Yaemon?

5. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Rodrigues swept overboard on the galley?

5. What does Blackthorne insist on as soon as he gets the galley into a safe harbor?

6. How close does Blackthorne come to being executed in Yedo after visiting Toranaga?

7. Where are Blackthorne and his crew held prisoners?

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

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

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

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