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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 port was Zhu Di eager to start trading with?
(a) Hormuz.
(b) Manilla.
(c) Weng-zi.
(d) Sush-wa.

2. When did Zhu Zhanji die?
(a) 1432.
(b) 1435.
(c) 1430.
(d) 1433.

3. Who were the Baijini linked to?
(a) The Mongol.
(b) The Tartars.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Chinese.

4. When did Wang Zhi try to rebuild a powerful navy?
(a) 1475.
(b) 1457.
(c) 1477.
(d) 1478.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was forbidden to be traded during the travels of the treasure fleet?

2. Who succeeded Zhu Di to the Throne?

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

4. How many ships formed the Chinese navy at its height?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did one of Zheng He's charts note?

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

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

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