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

2. When did the Shogun that sent the envoys to China die?
(a) 1413.
(b) 1412.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1410.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Hang Libo brought to Malacca?

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

4. What word is used to describe the relation between Chinese and Swahili?

5. When did tens of thousands of Chinese begin to settle in the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zhu Di become unreasonable, in "Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City"?

2. Who did Zhu Di replace in 1415?

3. How did Zhu Di take on a more conservative approach to his rule?

4. What last attempt was made by Wang Zhi in 1477?

5. What happened to Zhu Di and sixteen concubines during the summer of 1424?

6. Why did Zhu Di infuriate the Timurids, and what happened as a result?

7. Why was Hu, master of the water clock, imprisoned in 1421?

8. What did an anthropologist in 1935 note about physical features of the Banjuni?

9. Why was Zhu Di eager to open up trade negotiations with Japanese representatives, in "Chapter 7, Emissaries of the Dragon Throne"?

10. What did aboriginal songs record, according to the "Epilogue, A People Called Baijini"?

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