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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. Who was China's leader at the time?
(a) Ma Ying-Jeou.
(b) Chiang Kai-Shek.
(c) Lin Sen.
(d) Mao Zedong.

2. What does "tian xia" mean?
(a) All under Heaven.
(b) United we stand.
(c) Together in faith.
(d) Only one Emperor.

3. Thirty years later, French political economist _____ expanded on Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's work.
(a) Pierre.
(b) Belenguer.
(c) Monique.
(d) Quesnay.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During which period did the decline take place?

2. The Chinese referred to the British as ____.

3. In what year did the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde write about China?

4. The high point of the _____ Dynasty was also the turning point for China.

5. When was the Han Dynasty?

(see the answer key)

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