Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Listening to the Past: Fukuzawa Yukichi, “Escape from Asia”

Select the best answer. Click Submit for each question to turn in your work.

Question

1. With which of these statements would Fukuzawa Yukichi agree?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct: The answer is d. Fukuzawa Yukichi characterized civilization as a slowly spreading epidemic that does both harm and good, but “more good than harm.”
Incorrect: The answer is d. Fukuzawa Yukichi characterized civilization as a slowly spreading epidemic that does both harm and good, but “more good than harm.”
1. With which of these statements would Fukuzawa Yukichi agree?

Question

2. How did Fukuzawa Yukichi explain the failure of China and Korea to embrace Western civilization?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct: The answer is b. Whether the issue was one of race or education, Fukuzawa Yukichi believed that the Chinese and Koreans did not “know how to go about reforming and making progress, whether individually or as a country.”
Incorrect: The answer is b. Whether the issue was one of race or education, Fukuzawa Yukichi believed that the Chinese and Koreans did not “know how to go about reforming and making progress, whether individually or as a country.”
2. How did Fukuzawa Yukichi explain the failure of China and Korea to embrace Western civilization?

Question

3. What did Fukuzawa Yukichi think was most likely to happen to China and Korea in the near future?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct: The answer is b. Fukuzawa Yukichi thought it very likely that China and Korea would “meet their doom in but a few years.”
Incorrect: The answer is b. Fukuzawa Yukichi thought it very likely that China and Korea would “meet their doom in but a few years.”
3. What did Fukuzawa Yukichi think was most likely to happen to China and Korea in the near future?

Question

4. Why did Fukuzawa Yukichi believe that China’s and Korea’s backwardness was a misfortune for Japan?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct: The answer is c. Fukuzawa Yukichi suggested that the Western assumption that all Asians were backward had already harmed Japan’s diplomatic relations with the West.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Fukuzawa Yukichi suggested that the Western assumption that all Asians were backward had already harmed Japan’s diplomatic relations with the West.
4. Why did Fukuzawa Yukichi believe that China’s and Korea’s backwardness was a misfortune for Japan?

Question

5. How did Fukuzawa Yukichi suggest Japan should treat China and Korea?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct: The answer is c. Fukuzawa Yukichi suggested that Japan pursue an imperialist course in East Asia, behaving toward China and Korea “as the westerners do.”
Incorrect: The answer is c. Fukuzawa Yukichi suggested that Japan pursue an imperialist course in East Asia, behaving toward China and Korea “as the westerners do.”
5. How did Fukuzawa Yukichi suggest Japan should treat China and Korea?