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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded Zhu Di to the Throne?

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

3. How old was Zhu Di when he died?

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

5. Who saw to it that Chinese calendars, Confucian books, and Buddhist scriptures were spread to new lands by the treasure fleet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened to inhabitants of towns in China?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how trade agreements were negotiated in China.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between China, Malacca, and the Sumatra.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the island of Ceylon and the conflict which broke out between Alakeswarra and Zheng He.

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