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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 could the Dutch leave the island?
(a) Whenever they wanted to.
(b) Only with special permission.
(c) Once a year.
(d) During the three great festivals of the year.

2. What was the meeting with the Shogun like for the Dutch?
(a) Informative.
(b) Futile.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Humiliating.

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

4. On what island did the Dutch reside?
(a) Deshima.
(b) Honshū.
(c) Kyūshū.
(d) Hokkaidō.

5. How long did it take the Dutch to travel to see the head Shogun in Edo?
(a) Two weeks each way.
(b) A week each way.
(c) A month each way.
(d) Several days each way.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people lived in Edo?

2. When did the Shogun end relations with the Spanish and Portuguese?

3. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?

4. Why couldn't the Americans stay in Edo Bay?

5. What was forbidden to the farmers?

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