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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. When did the largest treasure fleet return to China?
(a) 1418.
(b) 1415.
(c) 1416.
(d) 1405.

2. What did the crew of the treasure fleet think was causing typhoons?
(a) The goddess Ya Zi.
(b) Wind.
(c) Dragons beneath the sea.
(d) Underwater volcanoes.

3. What did Sumatra provide to China?
(a) Nitric acid.
(b) Coal.
(c) Sulfur.
(d) Rubies.

4. When was Zhu Zhanji crowned Emperor?
(a) 1427.
(b) 1428.
(c) 1425.
(d) 1426.

5. What did Zhu Di appoint Zheng He do, according to "Chapter 5, Destination: Calicut"?
(a) Doctor of the fleet.
(b) Prime political negotiator.
(c) Commander of the treasure fleet.
(d) Second in command.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Emperor extend the number of oceangoing ships without building new ones?

2. Where did the fleet first stop on its way to India?

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

4. What Chinese building methods made the building of the treasure ship possible?

5. When did the Yi people start the Chinese seafaring tradition, according to "Chapter 1, The Yi Peoples"?

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