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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 did the Emperor extend the number of oceangoing ships without building new ones?
(a) He bought Indian ships.
(b) He refurbished existing ships.
(c) He asked for donations from other kingdoms.
(d) He captured Japanese ships.

2. When was the largest of the treasure fleet expeditions ordered, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?
(a) 1415.
(b) 1413.
(c) 1412.
(d) 1409.

3. What goddess did the crew of the treasure fleet pray to before they left?
(a) Yi-Tu.
(b) Tifi-Han.
(c) Han-Ze-Wi.
(d) Tianfei.

4. Whom was Zhu Di the son of?
(a) Zhu Yuanzhang.
(b) A Mongol.
(c) A Persian prisoner.
(d) A consort.

5. Who were the descendants of the Chinese seafaring people?
(a) The British.
(b) Seafaring people of Indonesia and Polynesia.
(c) Aborigines.
(d) The Hawaiian people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was buried with Zhu Di?

2. What instrument was used by the treasure fleet to mark the passage of time?

3. What caused the sea to rise quickly?

4. What did the treasure fleet use to determine its direction?

5. Who succeeded Zhu Di to the Throne?

(see the answer key)

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