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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what island was evidence of Banjuni artifacts found?
(a) Tiwi.
(b) Pate.
(c) Toap.
(d) Male.

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

3. Who did Zhu Di fight and eventually win against in the last years of his life?
(a) The Japanese pirates.
(b) The Tartar.
(c) The Uriyangqad Mongols.
(d) The British Navy.

4. What sea did Zhu Di want the fourth expedition of the treasure fleet to go to?
(a) The Persian Sea.
(b) Manila.
(c) India.
(d) Africa.

5. What town has relics of Chinese pottery and other artifacts?
(a) Shanga.
(b) Touanwana.
(c) Tanga.
(d) Winga.

6. Who were the Baijini linked to?
(a) The Tartars.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Mongol.

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

8. Who threatened China from the sea, according to "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride"?
(a) The British Navy.
(b) The French corsairs.
(c) The Venetians.
(d) Japanese pirates.

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

10. How was Zhu Zhanji related to Zhu Di, according to "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?
(a) He was his grandson.
(b) He was his son.
(c) He was his nephew.
(d) He was his brother.

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

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

13. What was punishable by death by 1500?
(a) Talking to foreigners.
(b) Kissing a woman.
(c) Building a ship with more than 2 masts.
(d) Entering the Forbidden City.

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

15. When did Zhu Zhanji die?
(a) 1430.
(b) 1435.
(c) 1432.
(d) 1433.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the foreign envoys who visited the court of China ordered back to their countries?

2. Who was buried with Zhu Di?

3. What did Zhu Di refer to himself as?

4. When was the Forbidden City struck by lightning?

5. What was Zhu Di in the process of doing at the time the fourth treasure fleet set sail?

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