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

2. 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.

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

4. When did tens of thousands of Chinese begin to settle in the Philippines?
(a) When the Tang Dynasty took power.
(b) When the British invaded.
(c) When the Japanese made peace with China.
(d) When the Ming Dynasty began to fade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who predicted the fire that followed the Forbidden City being struck by lightning?

2. When did the Shogun that sent the envoys to China die?

3. What town has relics of Chinese pottery and other artifacts?

4. What did the King of Bengal offer to Zhu Di?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What knowledge does early Chinese history point to?

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

3. Who presented Zhu Di with a giraffe, and what did the envoy mistake the animal for?

4. Who succeeded Zhu Zhanji, and what did the eunuchs have as a result?

5. What was the largest expedition of the fleet ordered in 1412, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?

6. Who did Zhu Di replace in 1415?

7. What was the goal of the seventh voyage of the treasure fleet in 1430?

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

9. Who did China see as threats, in Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride?

10. What happened to inhabitants of towns in China?

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