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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue; Preface; Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which major Chinese city was first visited by Kissinger?
(a) Wuhan.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Hong Kong,

2. The first major attempt to right things with China was led by Britain's Lord George ______.
(a) Macartney.
(b) Montbattan.
(c) Jessup.
(d) Churchill.

3. The Chinese referred to the British as ____.
(a) Nomads.
(b) Ruthless.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Barbarians.

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

5. Which is not one of the nomadic groups mentioned?
(a) Uighurs.
(b) Mongols.
(c) Turks.
(d) Tibetans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Zheng He's expeditions stop abruptly?

3. In which year did China's leader summon his top military personnel to Beijing?

4. What word is best used to describe China's cultural and political situation?

5. How many times has Kissinger visited China?

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