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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Zhu Di in the process of doing at the time the fourth treasure fleet set sail?
(a) Relocating the capital city.
(b) Preparing his wedding.
(c) Preparing to invade Japan.
(d) Negotiating with the Mongols.

2. What Tibetan leader did Zhu Di have a good relationship with?
(a) Mbitiam Shep.
(b) Dailahi Bomba.
(c) Sherpa Mbabshin.
(d) Bebshini Shegpa.

3. How many maidens were sent with Hang Libo to Malacca?
(a) 600.
(b) 500.
(c) 300.
(d) 200.

4. How many troops did China engage against the Mongols under Zhu Qizhen's rule?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

5. What were Hang Libo and her maidens credited with in the legend?
(a) Building temples.
(b) The creation of the Chinese community in Malacca.
(c) Creating shipping lines.
(d) Taming the Sultan.

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

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

8. What were both Baijini and Banjuni reportedly secretive about?
(a) Silk.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Ship building.
(d) Coal.

9. What was forbidden to be traded during the travels of the treasure fleet?
(a) Books.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Gold.
(d) Women.

10. When did the treasure fleet return from its 7th voyage?
(a) 1431.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1433.
(d) 1432.

11. What did the King of Bengal offer to Zhu Di?
(a) 25 women.
(b) A tiger.
(c) 2,500 eunuchs.
(d) A giraffe.

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

13. Why did the northern and eastern Mongols accept to make peace with Zhu Di?
(a) They saw the profit in it.
(b) They could not pass the great wall.
(c) They needed supplies to survive.
(d) They feared his army.

14. Where did Zheng He die?
(a) At sea.
(b) In India.
(c) At his home.
(d) In prison.

15. What did the "Banjuni" islanders call themselves?
(a) The Tuanwana.
(b) The Washangas.
(c) The Winiwanan.
(d) The Wishani.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the largest of the treasure fleet expeditions ordered, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?

2. Who did Zhu Di fight and eventually win against in the last years of his life?

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

4. How long was the mourning period following Zhu Di's death?

5. What did Zhu Di refer to himself as?

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