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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where could consuls and agents from the United States live?
(a) Nakasaki.
(b) Shimoda.
(c) Edo.
(d) Fikuri.

3. Who was Sam Patch?
(a) A Japanese American.
(b) The bosun mate on Commodore Perry's ship.
(c) Commodore Perry's steward.
(d) The cook for most of the parties.

4. What bothered Perry about the women?
(a) They ate last if there was any food left.
(b) They painted their gums and teeth black.
(c) They would not look him in the face.
(d) They bowed to their husbands.

5. When did the Shogun die?
(a) Five days before Commodore Perry left.
(b) Ten months after Commodore Perry left.
(c) He was still alive the next time Perry went to Japan.
(d) Ten days after Commodore Perry left.

6. What language could Yenosuke speak fluently?
(a) Russian.
(b) French.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Spanish.

7. What did the Japanese say they would give to the American ships?
(a) They would give them nothing.
(b) Coal, wood, water and other supplies.
(c) A reasonable time to leave Japanese waters.
(d) A tour of Edo before the Americans left.

8. What would the Japanese officers give American ships?
(a) Coal, water and general necessities.
(b) Help in rebuilding wrecked ships.
(c) Aid in obtaining trade agreements.
(d) Navigation advice.

9. What was one thing the Americans did that amazed the Japanese?
(a) Talked to the Japanese women.
(b) Refused the offer of the public baths.
(c) Took pictures.
(d) Practiced rifle shooting.

10. What did the people of Shimoda do for the American sailors?
(a) Let them eat in some private homes.
(b) Let them bathe in the public baths.
(c) Arranged a bazaar so the men could buy souvenirs.
(d) Open their geisha houses.

11. What did some of the Americans collect?
(a) Samurai swords.
(b) Silk handkerchiefs.
(c) Silk scarves.
(d) Flowers, plants and seaweeds.

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

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

14. What did the Americans undervalue of the Japanese gifts?
(a) Canaries.
(b) Swords.
(c) Poems from famous Japanese poets.
(d) Silks and porcelein.

15. What was one thing that amazed the botantist Morrow?
(a) The Japanese irrigation system.
(b) The number of hybrid plants the Japanese had developed.
(c) The size of the Japanese grapes.
(d) The size of the Japanese apples.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what was Sam Patch afraid?

3. What did the Emperor do after 1872?

4. What was Perry concerned about regarding the Shogun?

5. How many Japanese commissioners met Commodore Perry and his group?

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