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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 the maidens that were sent with Hang Libo?
(a) They were executed.
(b) They married and had children.
(c) The were imprisoned.
(d) They were given as concubines.

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

3. How did the leader of the Timur die?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) Poisoned by a snake.
(c) Killed by an archer.
(d) Killed by his wife.

4. Who did Zhu Di plan to attack a year after the fire at the Forbidden City?
(a) The Mongols.
(b) The Tartars.
(c) Japan.
(d) Sumatra.

5. What was forbidden to be traded during the travels of the treasure fleet?
(a) Women.
(b) Books.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the women of the Baijini wearing?

2. What did the Zhu Di do after the fire at the Forbidden City?

3. Whose songs record the arrival of the Baijini, according to "Epilogue, A People Called Baijini"?

4. What modern country were the Banjuni from?

5. Who threatened China from the sea, according to "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Hang Libo, and why was she brought to Malacca, in "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride"?

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

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

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

8. Who did Zhu Di replace in 1415?

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

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

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