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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 ministry's new name translated into:
(a) Office for the International Trade.
(b) Office for the General Management of Diplomacy.
(c) Office for the General Supervision of Ambassadorships.
(d) Office for the General Management of the Affairs of All Nations.

2. The Chinese learned to play the ____ off one another.
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Opposition.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Infiltrators.

3. The ____ Emperor is considered to be the founder of China.
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. In which year was a letter dispatched from China to the US?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1863.

5. China has produced a greater share of total world GDP than any Western civilization in ____ of the last 20 centuries.
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. The treaty allowed a permanent ____ to be established in Beijing.

2. In 1859, Frederick ____ arrived in Beijing.

3. Who was China's leader at the time?

4. The Chinese managed to pit which two countries against each other in Manchuria?

5. The first major attempt to right things with China was led by Britain's Lord George ______.

(see the answer key)

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