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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4, Aliens Arrive, The Black Ships of the Evil Men, His High and Might Mysteriousness, Landing on Sacred Soil (The Audience Hall).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many naval men were aboard the ships?
(a) 1000.
(b) 560.
(c) 150.
(d) 250.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?
(a) To Mount Fiji to ask the oracle what to do.
(b) Edo.
(c) Peking.
(d) Seoul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?

2. What was Edo?

3. What was Kayama pretending to be?

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

5. What was special about Commodore Perry being received by the Japanese?

(see the answer key)

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