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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12, The Black Ships Return, The Treaty House, An Array of Gifts, The Grand Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?
(a) He hated Westerners.
(b) He was basically a figurehead.
(c) He was dead.
(d) He was a young boy.

2. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?
(a) Shooting cannons.
(b) Firing muskets.
(c) Waving flags.
(d) Streaming smoke.

3. Who was Sam Patch?
(a) Commodore Perry's steward.
(b) A Japanese American.
(c) The bosun mate on Commodore Perry's ship.
(d) The cook for most of the parties.

4. What did Commodore Perry still not understand even after help from the Dutch?
(a) Who the Emperor favored.
(b) Why the Dutch did not resist the strictly-regulated relations with the Japanese.
(c) The cultural and social structure of the Japanese.
(d) Why the other countries gave up on trading with the Japanese.

5. What group has held power for the last seven hundred years?
(a) The Ming dynasty.
(b) The Shoguns.
(c) No one group.
(d) The Komeiri dynasty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Americans undervalue of the Japanese gifts?

2. What did the groups of five families have to do?

3. What was forbidden to the farmers?

4. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?

5. What show did the Americans present?

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