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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8, The Dutch Island Prison, Foreigners Forbidden, The Great Peace, Clouds Over the Land of the Rising Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Spanish Jesuits settle in Japan?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1771.
(c) 1549.
(d) 1877.

2. How is the place where the enormous ships appear described?
(a) A large city.
(b) An almost-deserted area where no villages were.
(c) A mid-sized city.
(d) A small fishing village.

3. What was the period in Japan called during the era that Perry arrived?
(a) The Great Uprising.
(b) The Great River Ran.
(c) The Great Peace.
(d) The Sun Peace.

4. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?
(a) A letter.
(b) A stallion.
(c) A chest of rifles.
(d) A chest of gold.

5. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?
(a) Interviewing some of the lower-ranked officers.
(b) Waiting by one American ship for permission to board.
(c) Drawing pictures of the ships.
(d) Drawing pictures of the officers in charge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?

2. What did Commodore Perry still not understand even after help from the Dutch?

3. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?

4. How many troops were quickly rallied?

5. Of what does Manjiro assure the Shogun?

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