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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 do couriers from Osaka bring to Toranaga?
(a) a petition for him to return to the council.
(b) letters from Yaemon.
(c) demands from Ishido.
(d) a tax bill.

2. Who is with Mariko when she dies?
(a) Blackthorne.
(b) Ishido's ninja.
(c) Yokodo.
(d) Hiro-matso

3. Where does Buntaro seek lodging when he comes with Toranaga?
(a) with Rodrigues.
(b) with Mariko.
(c) in Blackthorne's house.
(d) in Yabu's house.

4. What does Blackthorne tell Ishido at the party?
(a) that he is taking Mariko with him when he leaves.
(b) that he is available at the right price.
(c) that he knows Toranaga's plans.
(d) that he is no longer barbarian.

5. During the digging, what do the villagers express concern about?
(a) new taxes.
(b) a possible war.
(c) rebuilding their houses.
(d) another earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Toranga been ordered to do?

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

3. When does Fujiko sleep?

4. What does Rodrigues know if there is a sea battle between his ship and Blackthorne's?

5. Who does Toranaga send for to come to his quarters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Blackthorne's surprise about the rebuilding of his house after the earthquake and fire?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Toranaga publicly honor Yabu?

10. Why is Ochiba unsure of the parentage of Yaemon who is thought to be the son of Taikō?

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