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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. Who finally came to one of the parties between the Japanese and Americans?
(a) The Shogun.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) The head Samurai.
(d) Kayama.

2. Who was Abigail Jernegan?
(a) The first foreign woman to land in Japan.
(b) An American journalist.
(c) A female nurse aboard Commodore Perry's ship.
(d) A British missionary who had been in Hakodate for years.

3. What was one thing that was excellent about Shimoda?
(a) The numerous docks.
(b) The sanitation system.
(c) The deep water port.
(d) The open bazaars.

4. When did American merchants start traveling for Japan?
(a) After Congress ratified the treaty.
(b) Not for five years after the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa.
(c) Within 2 years of the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa.
(d) When news of the Treaty of Kanagawa reached Hyawaii.

5. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) Modern Medicine.
(c) How backward their society was.
(d) The value of their goods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what island did the Dutch reside?

3. About how many naval men were aboard the ships?

4. Who was Komei?

5. What did the people of Shimoda do for the American sailors?

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