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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Zhu Di plan to attack a year after the fire at the Forbidden City?
(a) The Tartars.
(b) Sumatra.
(c) The Mongols.
(d) Japan.

2. When did the treasure fleet return from its third voyage?
(a) 1411.
(b) 1416.
(c) 1421.
(d) 1412.

3. How old was Zhu Di when he died?
(a) 64.
(b) 48.
(c) 62.
(d) 95.

4. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang forbid his sons from attending his funeral?
(a) He didn't want his tomb looted.
(b) He didn't want his concubines to be stolen.
(c) He wanted them to pray for him at the temple.
(d) He feared they would fight to gain power.

5. Who did Zhu Di blame when he fell off of a horse?
(a) Himself.
(b) The goddess Yi.
(c) His eunuch.
(d) The foreign leader that gave it to him

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Parameswara driven out from?

2. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?

3. How much of his army did Khubilai Khan lose during the invasion of Burma, according to "Chapter 3, The Prisoner and the Prince"?

4. Who did Zhu Di fight and eventually win against in the last years of his life?

5. What was Alakeswara the commander of?

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