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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. Why is Toranaga clever to resign from the council?
(a) the surprise will confuse the other council members.
(b) the council cannot legally act with only four members.
(c) he is not ready to declare war.
(d) he knows Yaemon will be displeased.

2. What interrupts the party?
(a) news that Yodoko is dying.
(b) news that Toranaga is attacking.
(c) news that Sazuko is dying.
(d) news that Toranaga is dying.

3. What is the new class of young ladies that Gyoko suggests?
(a) that of entertainer.
(b) that of madame.
(c) that of geisha.
(d) that of tea server.

4. What does Toranaga demand of two of his advisers?
(a) that they tell him everything they know.
(b) that they swear allegiance.
(c) that they commit seppuku.
(d) that they surrender their swords.

5. What permission does Toranaga give Blackthorne about his crew?
(a) that he could bury them.
(b) that he could return them to the ship.
(c) that he could visit them.
(d) that he could send them back to Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interests Toranaga as a possible consort?

2. Why is there someone always following Blackthorne?

3. What does Yabu give Blackthorne?

4. Why does Omi's wife agree that the money is well spent?

5. Who intercepts Mariko, Kiri, and Sazuko as they prepare to leave the palace walls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the request Blackthorne makes of Toranaga regarding Mariko?

2. Why is Buntaro so antagonistic toward Blackthorne?

3. Why is Ochiba unsure of the parentage of Yaemon who is thought to be the son of Taikō?

4. Why do Blackthorne, his crew, and some samurai move the Erasmus?

5. Why does Mariko travel to Osaka with scrolls for Kiri and Sazuko?

6. Why does Toranaga lose his temper when Buntaro requests permission to kill Blackthorne?

7. What is the problem between Toranaga and his half-brother Zataki?

8. What unusual battle plan does Toranaga come up with to use against Ishido?

9. How has the Japanese influence rubbed off on Blackthorne when he visits his crew?

10. What event breaks up the birthday party for Ochiba?

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