- 1. In what year was the Yongle Encyclopedia completed?
A) 1424
B) 1403
C) 1405
D) 1408
- 2. How many volumes of the original encyclopedia survive today?
A) 22,937
B) 800
C) Fewer than 400
D) 11,095
- 3. Who was the emperor who commissioned the Yongle Encyclopedia?
A) Xie Jin
B) Yongle Emperor
C) Liu Jichi
D) Yao Guangxiao
- 4. What is the total number of manuscript rolls in the original work?
A) 22,937
B) 800
C) 11,095
D) 370 million
- 5. Which encyclopedia finally surpassed the Yongle Encyclopedia in size in 2007?
A) Hanlin Academy Records
B) Wikipedia
C) Great Canon of Literature
D) Encyclopædia Britannica
- 6. Who served as the general editor of the encyclopedia during its final compilation?
A) Yao Guangxiao
B) Liu Jichi
C) Zheng Ci
D) Xie Jin
- 7. Where was the encyclopedia completed in 1408?
A) The Emperor's library
B) Guozijian in Nanjing
C) Beijing Palace
D) Hanlin Academy
- 8. Approximately what percentage of the original work remains today?
A) 10%
B) 3.5%
C) 25%
D) 50%
- 9. What was the initial manuscript titled that the Yongle Emperor rejected in 1404?
A) The Ming Dynasty Records
B) The Great Canon of Yongle
C) A Complete Work of Literature
D) The Encyclopedia of Chinese Classics
- 10. What group of people was elevated by the Yongle Emperor to focus on literary projects?
A) Military generals
B) The Ministry of Punishment
C) Imperial officers
D) Hanlin Academy
- 11. How many scholars were involved in the project by 1405?
A) 100
B) 11,095
C) 2,169
D) 1,000
- 12. Which major historical events contributed to the loss of the encyclopedia in the 19th century?
A) The Cultural Revolution
B) World War II
C) The fall of the Ming Dynasty
D) Second Opium War and Boxer Rebellion
- 13. What is the approximate size of the encyclopedia in cubic metres?
A) 20
B) 5
C) 40
D) 100
- 14. How many Chinese characters were used in the original work?
A) 22,937
B) 370 million
C) 11,095
D) 800 million
- 15. Which profession did Yao Guangxiao, one of the co-editors, hold?
A) Monk
B) Minister of Ceremonies
C) Imperial clerk
D) General
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