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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. Who did Zheng He appoint as translator during the fourth expedition?
(a) Ma Huan.
(b) He Zang.
(c) Jung Zi.
(d) Ha Tang.

2. What word is used to describe the relation between Chinese and Swahili?
(a) Ishra.
(b) Iskar.
(c) Irt.
(d) Wanta.

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

4. What did the "Banjuni" islanders call themselves?
(a) The Washangas.
(b) The Tuanwana.
(c) The Wishani.
(d) The Winiwanan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Hang Libo and her maidens credited with in the legend?

2. When was Zhu Zhanji crowned Emperor?

3. How was Zhu Zhanji related to Zhu Di, according to "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?

4. What did Zhu Di see the Japan's envoy as a recognition of?

5. Why did the northern and eastern Mongols accept to make peace with Zhu Di?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What knowledge does early Chinese history point to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who did Zhu Di replace in 1415?

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