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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Emissaries of the Dragon Throne.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the treasure fleet to sail on its third voyage?
(a) Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Indian Ocean.
(d) Persian Sea.

2. What does "Chapter 7, Emissaries of the Dragon Throne" say Zhu Di went to great lengths to do regarding the Mongols?
(a) Mount tribes against each other.
(b) Pacify them.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Force them back north.

3. What city was believed to be the greatest one in the 7th Century A.D.?
(a) Chang'an.
(b) Beijin.
(c) Zhu Towan.
(d) Chi-Wen.

4. How did the leader of the Timur die?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) Killed by his wife.
(c) Poisoned by a snake.
(d) Killed by an archer.

5. How large of an army did the Chinese have when they took the provincial seat at Kunming?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who forced Parameswara to exile himself to Malacca?

2. What did the requirements for the building of the Emperor's fleet strain?

3. How did Khubilai Khan lose part of his army during the invasion of Burma?

4. When did the Shogun that sent the envoys to China die?

5. What were the eunuchs castrated before puberty called?

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