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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the mourning period following Zhu Di's death?
(a) 200 days.
(b) 300 days.
(c) 100 days.
(d) 150 days.

2. Who predicted the fire that followed the Forbidden City being struck by lightning?
(a) Hu, the water clock master.
(b) Zhu Hen.
(c) The prophet Yo.
(d) The eunuch Ya-Wang.

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

4. Why was Hang Libo brought to Malacca?
(a) To marry the Emir Maruk Sahs.
(b) To be imprisoned.
(c) To be sacrificed.
(d) To marry the Sultan Masur Shah.

5. How old was Zhu Di when he died?
(a) 64.
(b) 62.
(c) 48.
(d) 95.

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

7. What was banned during the early Ming Dynasty?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Concubines.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Fish.

8. When were the foreign envoys who visited the court of China ordered back to their countries?
(a) 1419.
(b) 1416.
(c) 1417.
(d) 1418.

9. Who succeeded Zhu Di to the Throne?
(a) Zhu Gaozhi.
(b) Zhu Hiuam.
(c) Zhu Tuan.
(d) Zhu Wen.

10. When did Timur invade China?
(a) 1409.
(b) 1408.
(c) 1405.
(d) 1406.

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

12. When was the Zheng He temple erected at Bukit?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1765.

13. What did Zhu Di refer to himself as?
(a) The Solar King.
(b) The Solar Emperor.
(c) Lord of the realms of the face of the earth.
(d) Great Man.

14. What did the Chinese use to trade for sapphires and rubies?
(a) Technology.
(b) Porcelain and silk.
(c) Wood carvings.
(d) Weapons.

15. Who were the Chinese trading with in the 8th century B.C?
(a) Macao.
(b) Java.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Fiji.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zhu Di's favorite Korean concubine?

2. What would archaeological evidence indicate if the people of both Baijini and Banjuni were not of Chinese descent?

3. Who did Zheng He appoint as translator during the fourth expedition?

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

5. On what island was evidence of Banjuni artifacts found?

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