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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would archaeological evidence indicate if the people of both Baijini and Banjuni were not of Chinese descent?
(a) It cannot indicate anything, but that they were descended from the Chinese.
(b) The names were a coincidence.
(c) Both were influenced by the Chinese.
(d) Errors in the translation of the names.

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

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

4. What happened to Madame Wang after the dedication of the Forbidden City, according to "Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City"?
(a) She killed another concubine.
(b) She gave birth.
(c) She fled.
(d) She died.

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

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

7. Where did the 7th voyage of the treasure fleet start from?
(a) Nanjing.
(b) Win-ye.
(c) Wang-He.
(d) Tuan-wang.

8. Who was buried with Zhu Di?
(a) 16 concubines.
(b) His giraffe.
(c) 25 eunuchs.
(d) 35 horses.

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

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

11. Who did Zhu Di blame when he fell off of a horse?
(a) The goddess Yi.
(b) His eunuch.
(c) The foreign leader that gave it to him
(d) Himself.

12. When was the 7th voyage of the treasure fleet ordered?
(a) 1433.
(b) 1432.
(c) 1435.
(d) 1430.

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

14. When did the Baijini arrive in Australia?
(a) At night.
(b) In 1456.
(c) During the monsoon season.
(d) During an eclipse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Zheng He die?

2. What was banned during the early Ming Dynasty?

3. Who saw to it that Chinese calendars, Confucian books, and Buddhist scriptures were spread to new lands by the treasure fleet?

4. Why was Hang Libo brought to Malacca?

5. What Tibetan leader did Zhu Di have a good relationship with?

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