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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?
(a) it was stolen from the Portuguese.
(b) it belonged to the first mate.
(c) it was bought from the French.
(d) it was made by Blackthorne.

2. What has Toranga been ordered to do?
(a) kill all the foreigners in the country.
(b) join the council again.
(c) give his possessions to his son and commit seppuku.
(d) surrender his troops.

3. What happens to Rodrigues during the storm?
(a) he becomes too ill to pilot the galley.
(b) he has a religious experience.
(c) he misses his chance to kill Blackthorne.
(d) his safety line snaps and he is washed overboard.

4. How is the Englishman killed?
(a) in boiling oil.
(b) in boiling butter.
(c) in the boiling sun.
(d) in boiling water.

5. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?
(a) his bed it too hard.
(b) his wife snores.
(c) he is thinking about many problems he faces.
(d) he fears assassination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?

2. As Mariko's men are being killed off, what does she do?

3. What does Toranaga demand of two of his advisers?

4. What is a part of Toranaga's plan against Ishido?

5. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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