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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Zheng He's appointment unique?
(a) She was a woman.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was not of noble heritage.
(d) He was a eunuch.

2. What Chinese building methods made the building of the treasure ship possible?
(a) Use of tar to waterproof the hull.
(b) Steel reinforcement.
(c) Use of silk sails.
(d) Watertight bulwark and balanced rudders.

3. What did the Chinese commander of the treasure fleet bring with plans to leave it in a place of honor?
(a) A tri-lingual tablet.
(b) A stone temple.
(c) A totem.
(d) A gold statue of Confucius.

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

5. Why was Parameswara having problems when the treasure fleet came to his kingdom?
(a) He challenged Siamese authority.
(b) His army suffered from malaria.
(c) His fleet lost a major battle against pirates.
(d) His army was rebelling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city did Marco Polo say was "greater than any city"?

3. How big was the treasure ship?

4. Who were the descendants of the Chinese seafaring people?

5. How many oceangoing ships did the Emperor order other provinces to build?

(see the answer key)

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