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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 was one reason Perry was happy with the treaty?
(a) It protected castaways.
(b) It named him as primary liaison.
(c) It kept the Japanese from fishing in American waters.
(d) It gave Americans exclusive rights to trade with the Japanese.

2. What were the two ships that were not steamships?
(a) Five-masted ships.
(b) Three-masted ships.
(c) One-masted ships.
(d) Tall ships.

3. What was a geographical characteristic of Shimoda?
(a) It was totally flat.
(b) It was isolated by mountains.
(c) It was isolated by large inland seas.
(d) It was several feet under sea level.

4. What was one thing Perry never did during his visits to Japan?
(a) Meet a Japanese woman.
(b) Meet the Emperor.
(c) Meet the Shogun.
(d) Enter Edo.

5. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A huge oven of fire.
(c) A raging dragon.
(d) Active volcanoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did American merchants start traveling for Japan?

2. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?

3. When could the Dutch leave the island?

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

5. What was another reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

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