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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde write about China?
(a) 1736.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1911.

2. How long had the conflict been going on?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 70 years.

3. The Chinese managed to pit which two countries against each other in Manchuria?
(a) China and India.
(b) France and Japan.
(c) Korea and Russia.
(d) Russia and Japan.

4. What was the time period of the Song Dynasty?
(a) 910-1341.
(b) 840-1162.
(c) 780-1022.
(d) 960-1279.

5. Which is not one of the countries mentioned as a location in China's periphery?
(a) Burma.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Korea.
(d) Thailand.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the great wars in China revolved around which drug?

2. By this time it is believed that China had survived for ____ years.

3. Thirty years later, French political economist _____ expanded on Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's work.

4. Who was considered to be China's principal threat at this time?

5. What word is best used to describe Li Hongzhang?

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