Emissary Quiz

Take our free Emissary quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Why does the newspaper refuse to publish the children's story Yoshiro submits after the isolation policy? (from Pages 70 - 91)

They believe it shows how strong Japan's connections to the outside world had been during the Edo period.

They believe the content is incomprehensible to children.

They believe it shows the whole human race is becoming feminized.

They believe it presents isolation as a bad policy.

Why did people formerly believe that parents should respond immediately to their children's cries? (from Pages 70 - 91)

Because they believed if you let your child cry it out they would later become stubborn and never ask for help.

Because they believed the umbilical cord between generations should never be severed.

Because they believed that the relationship between the parent and child was the most important in the world.

Because they believed children would never learn how to take care of themselves later if their parents did not take care of them.

What does the international pirate gang do with the thousands of dead penguins? (from Pages 92 - 106)

They turn their meat into crackers.

They dump their bodies back into the ocean.

They turn their meat into jerky.

They poison the meat and sell it in Okinawa.

Why is Yoshiro unable to visit his friend Hildegard in Germany? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because he does not have the money to travel that far.

Because the routes from Japan to all foreign countries are cut off.

Because he is afraid to leave Mumei home alone in his poor health condition.

Because Marika is jealous and does not want him to visit another woman.

Why does the ability to understand even a little English act as evidence of old age? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Because the people of the new generation are too simple-minded to even attempt learning English.

Because studying English is something few people care about anymore.

Because studying English is now prohibited and young people do not even know simple words in the language.

Because the older generation was much more reliant on English to communicate in the past.