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

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

3. What is Blackthorne's duty after Toranaga leaves?
(a) to learn Portuguese.
(b) to learn Japanese.
(c) to learn Japanese history.
(d) to learn sword fighting.

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

5. On her deathbed, what does Yodoko tell Ochiba she must do?
(a) marry Toranaga and put Yaemon in his care.
(b) admit who was the real father of Yaemon.
(c) take Yaemon and hide in the mountains.
(d) marry Ishido to save Yaemon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intercepts Mariko, Kiri, and Sazuko as they prepare to leave the palace walls?

2. What has Omi done in preparation for the arrival of Toranaga and Yabu?

3. When does Fujiko sleep?

4. What does Blackthorne suggest Toranaga intends to do with him and Mariko?

5. What surprises Mariko when she leaves with Yabu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What instruction does Yodoko give Ochiba, the mother of Yaemon?

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

4. What does Blackthorne find when he is given permission to visit his crew from the Erasmus?

5. Describe Blackthorne's introduction to Kiku.

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

7. what is the chief concern among Toranaga's people pending his arrival at his castle?

8. What is the problem between Toranaga and his half-brother Zataki?

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

10. How does Toranaga publicly honor Yabu?

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