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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Louise Levathes
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the treasure fleet wait several months at the first stop?
(a) It was waiting for silk to be produced.
(b) It was waiting for the monsoon to end.
(c) It was waiting for supplies to arrive.
(d) The commander was sick.

2. What did the Emperor do to Alakeswara when he was brought before him?
(a) He pardoned him.
(b) He imprisoned him.
(c) He killed him.
(d) He put him back on the throne.

3. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang forbid his sons from attending his funeral?
(a) He wanted them to pray for him at the temple.
(b) He didn't want his tomb looted.
(c) He didn't want his concubines to be stolen.
(d) He feared they would fight to gain power.

4. What was Alakeswara the commander of?
(a) The interpreter brought by the Chinese.
(b) The Chinese land army.
(c) The weakest faction fighting for the control of Ceylon.
(d) The strongest faction fighting for the control of Ceylon.

5. What special feature did the Emperor's fleet include, according to "Chapter 4, The Treasure Fleet"?
(a) Water tankers.
(b) Pleasure ships.
(c) Fishing ships.
(d) Greenhouse ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Confucius refer to China?

2. Why was Parameswara having problems when the treasure fleet came to his kingdom?

3. What were the duties of the medical officers on the Emperor's ships?

4. How many factions were fighting for the control of Ceylon?

5. How did the Emperor extend the number of oceangoing ships without building new ones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was made commander in chief of the treasure fleet, in "Chapter 5, Destination: Calicut," and why was this significant?

2. What did Khubilai Khan lose, and what resulted, according to "Chapter 3, The Prisoner and the Prince"?

3. What did Zhu Di eventually usurp and what was later discovered about him?

4. What did the Emperor order in 1403, according to "Chapter 4, The Treasure Fleet"?

5. What happened under the Song Dynasty?

6. What were eunuchs used for in the Han Dynasty?

7. Why was the second mission smaller in scale?

8. What did the Chinese find regarding the ruling zamurin of Calicut?

9. What did the sophisticated fleet include?

10. What was the first historic Chinese kingdom around 1500 B.C.?

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