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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. Where was Parameswara driven out from?
(a) China.
(b) Sumatra.
(c) India.
(d) Ceylon.

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

3. What was Malacca's survival dependent on?
(a) A strong navy.
(b) Aggressive trade policies.
(c) A strong army.
(d) Being allied with China.

4. What happened to Zhu Di's mother?
(a) She was imprisoned in an iron skirt and died of cold outside.
(b) She was sentenced to life in prison.
(c) She escaped to Japan.
(d) She was fed to the dogs.

5. Whom did Zhu Yunwen allow to return to Zhu Di?
(a) Zhu Di's wife.
(b) 25 of Zhu Di's concubines.
(c) 2,000 of Zhu Di's soldiers.
(d) Zhu Di's three remaining sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large of an army did the Chinese have when they took the provincial seat at Kunming?

2. Why was Parameswara having problems when the treasure fleet came to his kingdom?

3. What was Zhu Yuanzhang's distinction during the fight against the Mongols?

4. Whom was Zhu Di the son of?

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

(see the answer key)

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