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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?
(a) A chest of gold.
(b) A letter.
(c) A stallion.
(d) A chest of rifles.

2. Who in the time that Perry arrived were considered unproductive?
(a) Peasants.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Artisians.
(d) Merchants.

3. What could merchants buy?
(a) Everything.
(b) Into the higher class.
(c) There was a short, prescribed list.
(d) Anything except swords.

4. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?
(a) He was dead.
(b) He hated Westerners.
(c) He was basically a figurehead.
(d) He was a young boy.

5. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?
(a) The Emperor decided to go meet the ships.
(b) The people all calmly gathered to pray.
(c) The city fell into chaos.
(d) The Emperor dispatches a huge army to meet the ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?

2. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?

3. What was special about Edo?

4. What warned people to flee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who held the real power in Japan?

2. Who commanded the American forces and why did they come to Japan?

3. What was the composition of the American forces arriving in Japan?

4. What happened on Friday, July 8th, 1853, at the opening of the book?

5. What was special about the Englishman, Will Adams?

6. Describe the Dutch's visit to Edo to see the head Shogun.

7. Who were the daimyos?

8. Who is Kayama; what did he want, and what was Commodore Perry's response to him?

9. Describe the life of the Dutch who resided in Deshima.

10. Discuss the lead Shogun at the time of Commodore Perry's arrival.

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