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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. When did Zhu Yuanzhang die?
(a) 1398.
(b) 1398.
(c) 1298.
(d) 1388.

2. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?
(a) Though religious books.
(b) Through horror stories.
(c) Through stories of sacrifice and loyalty.
(d) Through stories of war.

3. Whom was Zhu Di the son of?
(a) A Mongol.
(b) A consort.
(c) Zhu Yuanzhang.
(d) A Persian prisoner.

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

5. What happened to Madame Wang after the dedication of the Forbidden City, according to "Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City"?
(a) She killed another concubine.
(b) She gave birth.
(c) She died.
(d) She fled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Zhu Di's mother?

2. What was Malacca's survival dependent on?

3. Who predicted the fire that followed the Forbidden City being struck by lightning?

4. Whom did Zhu Yunwen allow to return to Zhu Di?

5. Who did Zhu Di plan to attack a year after the fire at the Forbidden City?

(see the answer key)

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