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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty through Twenty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?
(a) that Blackthorne be sent to Osaka alone.
(b) that Yabu return with Blackthorne to Osaka
(c) that Yabu keeps Blackthorne in his house.
(d) that Yabu be executed.

2. Why does Toranaga deny the young widow the privilege of committing seppuku?
(a) because it is not allowed of women.
(b) because she is the sister of the shōgun.
(c) because she is young and will have more children.
(d) because he wants her to be publicly punished.

3. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?
(a) looking for Blackthorne.
(b) guiding the Japanese.
(c) looking for the rutters.
(d) removing the canon.

4. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?
(a) they will be used as medical experiments.
(b) they will soon be forgotten.
(c) they will all be released.
(d) they are all condemned to die.

5. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?
(a) he is the shōgun's general.
(b) he is Toranga's rival.
(c) he is the provencial governor.
(d) he is Toranga's adviser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mariko's husband, Buntaro, is trapped at the end of the jetty?

2. What color signifies Toranaga's warriors?

3. How is it planned to get Toranaga to his own territory and palace?

4. Satisfied Blackthorne is not an enemy, what does Friar Dominga tell Blackthorne?

5. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?

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