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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Last Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Zhu Zhanji related to Zhu Di, according to "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?
(a) He was his son.
(b) He was his brother.
(c) He was his nephew.
(d) He was his grandson.

2. What sea did Zhu Di want the fourth expedition of the treasure fleet to go to?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Persian Sea.
(c) Manila.
(d) India.

3. What were the eunuchs castrated before puberty called?
(a) Castras.
(b) Pure from childhood.
(c) Sha-yi.
(d) Little women.

4. What appeared during the building of the fleet?
(a) Corruption.
(b) British envoys.
(c) Mongol soldiers.
(d) Steel rivet construction method.

5. Why did the treasure fleet wait several months at the first stop?
(a) It was waiting for the monsoon to end.
(b) It was waiting for silk to be produced.
(c) The commander was sick.
(d) It was waiting for supplies to arrive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the leader of the Timur die?

2. Where did Zheng He die?

3. What were the Indonesians trying to escape from during the first and second millennium B.C.?

4. Where was Parameswara driven out from?

5. Who took the Chine Empire throne in 1398?

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