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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 has Toranga been ordered to do?
(a) join the council again.
(b) give his possessions to his son and commit seppuku.
(c) surrender his troops.
(d) kill all the foreigners in the country.

2. What does Toranaga declare about Sudara?
(a) he is to marry his cousin.
(b) he is his heir together with his brother.
(c) he is his sole heir.
(d) he is no longer his heir.

3. Who prevents Blackthorne from killing himself?
(a) Rodrigues.
(b) Alvito.
(c) Omi.
(d) Mirako.

4. What does Blackthorne request about Mariko?
(a) that she be made a samurai.
(b) that she be allowed to divorce Buntaro.
(c) that she be given his fifedom.
(d) that she be removed from his service.

5. What is a part of Toranaga's plan against Ishido?
(a) to disguise himself as Goyoko.
(b) to pretend to commit seppuku.
(c) to offer a huge bribe to Ishido.
(d) to appear to accept defeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blackthorne's duty after Toranaga leaves?

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

3. What interrupts the party?

4. What is the tactical surprise Toranaga contemplates against his enemies?

5. What do couriers from Osaka bring to Toranaga?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Toranaga attempt to make peace between Buntaro and Mariko?

2. Why does Mariko travel to Osaka with scrolls for Kiri and Sazuko?

3. How has the Japanese influence rubbed off on Blackthorne when he visits his crew?

4. What is the unusual request Buntaro makes of Blackthorne.

5. Why does Mariko announce that she will commit seppuku at sundown?

6. What event breaks up the birthday party for Ochiba?

7. How does Toranaga respond to Ishido's demand that he come to Osaka?

8. Describe Blackthorne's introduction to Kiku.

9. Why do Blackthorne, his crew, and some samurai move the Erasmus?

10. Why does Toranaga lose his temper when Buntaro requests permission to kill Blackthorne?

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