What became of the Christian community in Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate?
A) Christians were restricted to a few carefully controlled missions.
B) Christians were brutally persecuted and driven into secrecy.
C) Christianity merged with Buddhism and Shintoism into a new syncretic religion.
D) Japanese Christians continued to worship but lost support after European trade was restricted.
E) None of these answers is correct.
Answer: B) Christians were brutally persecuted and driven into secrecy.
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