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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(b) an Englishman named Hyde-White.
(c) a Frenchman named LaSalle.
(d) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.

2. What does the first priest indicate when he arrives where Blackthorne is held prisoner?
(a) that Blackthorne is going to die.
(b) that Blackthorne will become a slave.
(c) that Blackthorne is safe because of his golden hair.
(d) that Blackthorne is the lone survivor of the wreck.

3. How does Blackthorne justify deceiving the friar?
(a) because he cannot explain in Spanish.
(b) because the friar may be a spy.
(c) by simply not telling everything.
(d) by recognizing the lies the friar tells.

4. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?
(a) he is conscious.
(b) he is dead.
(c) he is still unconscious.
(d) he is delirious.

5. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?
(a) to remove the canons from the ship.
(b) to confiscate the ship for himself.
(c) to destroy the erasmus.
(d) to confiscate the goods and the ship for Toranga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

2. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?

3. After a few skirmishes, where does Blackthorne end up?

4. How is the Englishman killed?

5. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?

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