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

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

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

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

5. How many troops did China engage against the Mongols under Zhu Qizhen's rule?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what island was evidence of Banjuni artifacts found?

2. What does "Chapter 7, Emissaries of the Dragon Throne" say Zhu Di went to great lengths to do regarding the Mongols?

3. Who were the Chinese trading with in the 8th century B.C?

4. How many men did the Timur army have when it invaded China?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was named the new emperor, and how was he viewed, in "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?

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

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

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

6. What did Zhu Di go to great lengths to stabilize?

7. What happened to inhabitants of towns in China?

8. Who invaded China in 1405, and what was the result of the invasion?

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

10. Who did Zhu Di replace in 1415?

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