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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. What was Zhu Di in the process of doing at the time the fourth treasure fleet set sail?
(a) Preparing his wedding.
(b) Negotiating with the Mongols.
(c) Relocating the capital city.
(d) Preparing to invade Japan.

2. Who does "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride" say grew stronger as China grew weaker?
(a) The Mongols.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The British.
(d) The Tartars.

3. What Tibetan leader did Zhu Di have a good relationship with?
(a) Bebshini Shegpa.
(b) Mbitiam Shep.
(c) Sherpa Mbabshin.
(d) Dailahi Bomba.

4. What would archaeological evidence indicate if the people of both Baijini and Banjuni were not of Chinese descent?
(a) Both were influenced by the Chinese.
(b) Errors in the translation of the names.
(c) The names were a coincidence.
(d) It cannot indicate anything, but that they were descended from the Chinese.

5. What did Zheng become for the expatriate Chinese?
(a) A god.
(b) A patron saint.
(c) A shame.
(d) An object of ridicule.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did tens of thousands of Chinese begin to settle in the Philippines?

2. What was punishable by death by 1500?

3. How many troops did China engage against the Mongols under Zhu Qizhen's rule?

4. When was the Forbidden City struck by lightning?

5. Who predicted the fire that followed the Forbidden City being struck by lightning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zhu Di take on a more conservative approach to his rule?

2. What did an anthropologist in 1935 note about physical features of the Banjuni?

3. What did Zhu Di go to great lengths to stabilize?

4. Who was Hang Libo, and why was she brought to Malacca, in "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride"?

5. Who invaded China in 1405, and what was the result of the invasion?

6. What was the largest expedition of the fleet ordered in 1412, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?

7. Why was Hu, master of the water clock, imprisoned in 1421?

8. Who was named the new emperor, and how was he viewed, in "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?

9. What last attempt was made by Wang Zhi in 1477?

10. Who succeeded Zhu Zhanji, and what did the eunuchs have as a result?

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