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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hara Kei take Joncour to the top of the hill to see?
(a) The house.
(b) The view.
(c) The bluebirds.
(d) The harbor.

2. How does Joncour view life?
(a) He likes to observe life, but not participate.
(b) He likes to sit and read to his wife.
(c) He likes to participate in life fully.
(d) He likes to cook on the weekends.

3. What does Joncour enjoy in life?
(a) His garden.
(b) His villa.
(c) His paintings.
(d) His possessions.

4. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?
(a) A blockhead.
(b) A genius.
(c) A fool.
(d) An idiot.

5. What did Baldabiou ask Joncour about when he returned from Egypt?
(a) The dolphins.
(b) The camels.
(c) The pyramids.
(d) The heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene do with the gift that Joncour gives her after his first trip to Japan?

2. What did Baldabiou do with all of his secrets about silk?

3. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

4. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

5. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?

(see the answer key)

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