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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. Who sees Blackthorne as dangerous because of his information?
(a) Hiro-matsu.
(b) the church.
(c) Yuba.
(d) the shōgun.
2. What does Blackthorne want to do?
(a) take command of the galley.
(b) search the coastline for Rodrigues.
(c) escape during the confusion.
(d) apply for Rodriguez's job.
3. 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.
4. How is Rodrigues found the morning after the storm?
(a) dead and mangled at the bottom of a cliff.
(b) barely alive at the bottom of a cliff.
(c) alive and well at the bottom of a cliff.
(d) floating face down in the surf at the bottom of a cliff.
5. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) a Frenchman named LaSalle.
(b) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(c) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.
(d) an Englishman named Hyde-White.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the subject matter of the Prologue?
2. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
3. When Blackthorne's name is called, what does he think at first?
4. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
5. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
Short Essay Questions
1. After escaping the harbor, when Blackthorne awakes from his exhausted sleep, what does he find Toranaga doing?
2. What does Blackthorne insist on as soon as he gets the galley into a safe harbor?
3. What are Blackthorne's questions Toranaga tells Mariko not to answer?
4. How does Toranaga communicate with Blackthorne on their first meeting?
5. Why does Blackthorne not take Rodrigues up on the offer to copy his rutters?
6. Why is Rodrigues swept overboard on the galley?
7. After they become more acquainted, what does Rodrigues allow Blackthorne to do?
8. What does Blackthorne tell Toranaga at their first meeting that puzzled him?
9. What is the first indication of Yabu's ambition as Hiro-matsu arrives to see the Erasmus?
10. Describe the change in Toranaga's orders related to Blackthorne after he is removed from prison.
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