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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joncour enjoy in life?
(a) His possessions.
(b) His paintings.
(c) His garden.
(d) His villa.

2. How does Joncour view life?
(a) He likes to participate in life fully.
(b) He likes to cook on the weekends.
(c) He likes to observe life, but not participate.
(d) He likes to sit and read to his wife.

3. What did Baldabiou show the mayor when he first arrived in town?
(a) A silk tunic.
(b) A silk-manufacturing plant.
(c) A silk scarf.
(d) Silkworm eggs.

4. What kind of silkworm eggs does Joncour buy in 1861?
(a) Eggs from China.
(b) Bad eggs.
(c) Very healthy eggs.
(d) Good eggs from France.

5. At the house of Hara Kei, what does he have caged near the entrance?
(a) Exotic birds.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Bears.
(d) Lions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldabiou do with all of his secrets about silk?

2. When Hara Kei was a child, his father told him to shoot an arrow into the air. What was Hara Hei supposed to do after that?

3. How much money does Joncour have for his trip to Japan?

4. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?

5. What are the caged animals at the entrance to Hara Kei's house meant to signify?

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