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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Khubilai Khan lose part of his army during the invasion of Burma?
(a) The plague.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Malaria.

2. When did Zhu Di claim the throne of China?
(a) 1403.
(b) 1399.
(c) 1402.
(d) 1401.

3. When did the treasure fleet return from its third voyage?
(a) 1416.
(b) 1412.
(c) 1421.
(d) 1411.

4. Who was buried with Zhu Di?
(a) 35 horses.
(b) 16 concubines.
(c) 25 eunuchs.
(d) His giraffe.

5. What gift was Zhu Di fascinated with, according to "Chapter 6, The Strange Kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon"?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A rudimentary magnifying glass.
(c) A lion.
(d) A white woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Zhu Di do after the fire at the Forbidden City?

2. Whom was Zhu Di the son of?

3. How much of his army did Khubilai Khan lose during the invasion of Burma, according to "Chapter 3, The Prisoner and the Prince"?

4. Who forced Parameswara to exile himself to Malacca?

5. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?

(see the answer key)

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