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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 'Anxieties'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Saburo?
(a) A notorious bandit.
(b) The mayor of the village.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) The medicine man of the village.

2. How does Yoshida praise the assistant magistrate?
(a) Saying assistant magistrate is very noble.
(b) Saying assistant magistrate is very wily.
(c) Saying assistant magistrate is very wise.
(d) Yoshida does not respond at all to the assistant magistrate.

3. How is the play doing as Spring rolls around?
(a) It is about to be retired.
(b) It is poorly attended.
(c) It has been banned by the Shogun.
(d) It is still successful.

4. What is Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?
(a) Looking after his parents' house.
(b) Writing out a bill of sale.
(c) Stealing some grapes.
(d) Planting corn.

5. How does Saburo's gang rob the merchant's house?
(a) They only rob the livestock.
(b) They do so after putting the merchant in jail.
(c) By forcing the occupants to vacate the buildings with a search warrant.
(d) They do not rob the merchant after he gives them some money that is on his person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Saburo's gang convince a merchant that the merchant is under arrest?

2. What is going to be the entrance fee for a special showing of "The Thief of the Tokaido"?

3. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?

4. Who wears baskets on their heads?

5. What does Kinshi admire?

(see the answer key)

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