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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. When did the Japanese say they would open a harbor?
(a) In fifteen years.
(b) In five years.
(c) Never.
(d) Next year.

2. How many Japanese commissioners met Commodore Perry and his group?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

4. What did the Japanese do as the Americans passed by?
(a) Bowed.
(b) Booed.
(c) Raised their right hands.
(d) Made clicking noises with their tongues.

5. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?
(a) Not eating meat.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Their alcohol.
(d) The use of glass and utensils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived in Japan 15 days after Commodore Perry left?

2. What would be built at the place where the Americans landed?

3. What did the Japanese say they would give to the American ships?

4. Where were some members of the squadron permitted to walk?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exchange between Perry and the Japanese about shipwrecked sailors.

2. What did Perry's arrival precipitate?

3. When did Kayama meet with the fleet and what did he tell them?

4. What did the Japanese do after the treaty and what impressed the Americans about the Japanese?

5. What Japanese awaited Perry and his staff?

6. What were some of the squadron members permitted to do?

7. What was Hokkaido like and how did the first contact with them go for the Americans?

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

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

10. What sort of gifts did the Americans give the higher ranked Japanese?

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