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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. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(b) the religion of the Japanese.
(c) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(d) the rise and fall of the shōguns.
2. Why does Toranaga deny the young widow the privilege of committing seppuku?
(a) because she is young and will have more children.
(b) because he wants her to be publicly punished.
(c) because she is the sister of the shōgun.
(d) because it is not allowed of women.
3. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?
(a) that he is only a deckhand.
(b) that he comes from Argentina.
(c) that the Erasmus is a British ship.
(d) that his fleet is coming.
4. What is the subject matter of the Prologue?
(a) the promotion of Blackthorne to captain.
(b) the conflict between the Jesuits and the Dutch.
(c) the warnings from the Japanese about invaders.
(d) the storm that sends the ship to land at Japan.
5. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?
(a) guiding the Japanese.
(b) looking for the rutters.
(c) looking for Blackthorne.
(d) removing the canon.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
2. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?
3. What does Rodrigues consider doing with Blackthorne?
4. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?
5. Why is Toranaga concerned about Martin Alvito?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Buntaro prepare to commit seppuku at the end of a jetty?
2. Where are Blackthorne and his crew held prisoners?
3. What does Rodrigues tell Blackthorne about the Japanese rowers on board the galley?
4. What is the first indication of Yabu's ambition as Hiro-matsu arrives to see the Erasmus?
5. How does Toranaga communicate with Blackthorne on their first meeting?
6. Why does Blackthorne want to get on board the Erasmus?
7. What does Blackthorne tell Toranaga at their first meeting that puzzled him?
8. After escaping the harbor, when Blackthorne awakes from his exhausted sleep, what does he find Toranaga doing?
9. How is tension presented in Toranaga's character after meeting Ishido?
10. What prompts Blackthorne to attack Father Sabastio and desecrate his wooden cross?
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