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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?
(a) 1261.
(b) 1260.
(c) 1250.
(d) 1259.

2. The Polos survived ______________ for three years until Pope Clement died.
(a) Lack of food and shelter.
(b) Heat and blowing winds.
(c) Snow and swollen rivers.
(d) Lack of money and falling snow.

3. In 1292, Marco Polo safely delivered a bride for _____.
(a) Cosmas.
(b) Theophylactus Simocatta.
(c) Arghun.
(d) Mingan.

4. Barka Khan was the lord of ______________.
(a) Persia.
(b) Tartary.
(c) Bukhara.
(d) Levant.

5. The Polos were not able to return to Constantinople for fear of what?
(a) Arrest.
(b) Retaliation.
(c) Exile.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was penned in ________ by the writer Marco Polo commissioned.

2. Trade-routes were costly to follow, so high value commodities like ________________ were needed to make a profit on the way.

3. According to the introduction, what made "The Travels of Marco Polo" a best seller?

4. ______________ was an unknown term in medieval language.

5. Marco Polo was an emissary of whom?

(see the answer key)

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