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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Pebrine silkworm disease.
(c) The plague.
(d) The silk-manufacturing business.

2. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?
(a) He is the wealthiest man in town.
(b) He is poor by city standards.
(c) He does not make very much money.
(d) A good living.

3. What is Joncour wearing on the last leg of the journey into Japan?
(a) A shirt and shorts.
(b) Dark glasses.
(c) A blindfold.
(d) A suit.

4. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?
(a) 20 years.
(b) A century.
(c) 200 years.
(d) A decade.

5. When Joncour asks Baldabiou where Japan is, what does Baldabiou say?
(a) "Right to the end of the world."
(b) "Where it smells like spices."
(c) "Where danger lives."
(d) "Half-way around the world."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Japan in 1853?

2. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

3. What does Joncour give to Helene when he returns from Japan on his first trip?

4. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?

5. What did Baldabiou show the mayor when he first arrived in town?

(see the answer key)

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