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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. Why does Perry decide to move forward with plans to return to Japan?
(a) He was paid a handsome commission by some investors.
(b) He was ordered to do so by the President of the United States.
(c) Seeing other ships approaching Japan.
(d) He received a letter from the Shogun inviting him back.

2. Where did Commodore Perry and the Japanese decide that the Americans could land?
(a) Kanagawa.
(b) Fukuri.
(c) Nagasaki.
(d) Harboro.

3. Why did Perry's ships avoid getting too close to Edo?
(a) They didn't want the people of Edo to see the smoking ships.
(b) They were forbidden to do so.
(c) They would have gotten stuck on the river's sand.
(d) The interpreters and negotiators would be be pressured to commit suicide.

4. What did the Japanese first say to Commodore Perry's request for a treaty?
(a) They burned the treaty request in front of the Americans.
(b) The request looked agreeable.
(c) American requests were forbidden by the laws of their ancestors.
(d) Some time stipulations would have to be put into place.

5. Who came to say goodbye Commodore Perry?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The head of the Buddhist church.
(c) The Shogun.
(d) The Japanese interpreters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised the Japanese about a U.S. consul?

2. Why did Commodore Perry bring many gifts on his ships?

3. What did the Americans do that really impressed the Japanese?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Enumerate the major points of the treaty that was signed between the United States and Japan.

2. How did the two cultures meet face to face and what did the people of the two countries think of the other?

3. What horrified the Japanese about the Americans at the banquet, but how did the Japanese behave anyway?

4. What did Perry's arrival precipitate?

5. What was the Commodore's first impression of Shimoda.

6. How did the behaviors of the Shimoda villagers change and what was the result?

7. How did the Americans impress the Japanese as the Americans came ashore?

8. Who was Sam Patch and why was he terrified? What happened?

9. What was the first approach the Japanese took towards the United States request for a treaty?

10. What did Commodore Perry say to the Japanese about wanting a treaty and the consequences of not getting one?

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