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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chinese fired upon the contingency from which location?
(a) Great Wall.
(b) Emperor's palace.
(c) Beijing's parliament house.
(d) Dagu Forts.

2. In which year did China's leader summon his top military personnel to Beijing?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

3. What word is best used to describe Li Hongzhang?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Timid.
(d) Worldly.

4. It was stated that Nian and ____ were places that constituted organic disease.
(a) Taiping.
(b) Li.
(c) Zongli.
(d) Beijing.

5. What was the name of the Emperor's half-brother?
(a) Prince Yuan.
(b) Prince Mei.
(c) Prince Gong.
(d) Prince Qi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mao once claimed that the population of China declined from 50 million to ____ million.

2. What other country was a part of the Sinocentric world?

3. In which direction did the nomadic groups tend to stay?

4. In 1859, Frederick ____ arrived in Beijing.

5. The Manchu Heartland is located in ____ China.

(see the answer key)

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