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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16, The Treaty, Excursions on Land and Sea, Shore Leave, In the Wake of the Black Ships, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Japanese do with the first Englishman to arrive?
(a) Eventually they killed him.
(b) Made him advisor and a samurai.
(c) They put him in prison for the rest of his life.
(d) They sent him away.

2. About what percent of the population were farmers in the mid-nineteenth century in Japan?
(a) 50.
(b) 80.
(c) 97.
(d) 25.

3. How many ships were in his sailing party this time?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

4. Where were some members of the squadron permitted to walk?
(a) Around Edo.
(b) Around Hakate.
(c) They are not permitted to walk anywhere.
(d) Around Yokohama.

5. Why did Ido and Toda say nothing at the meeting with Perry?
(a) They did not like Admiral Perry.
(b) They were not authorized to speak for the Emperor.
(c) It is illegal to speak to foreigners.
(d) They did not know English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?

2. What did the Japanese first say to Commodore Perry's request for a treaty?

3. What was the impression of Japan by most of the Americans?

4. What did the Emperor do after 1872?

5. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?

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