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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos and a baron to the Pope requesting a hundred men?
(a) To decorate a room for him to worship in and to get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(b) To show his people how to become Catholic and to obtain holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(c) To teach Christianity and get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(d) To Teach Christianity and to get holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.

2. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was first introduced to the reading public in the thirteenth century as what?
(a) "A Description of the World."
(b) "A Description of the Kingdoms."
(c) "A Description of the Provinces."
(d) "A Description of the Empires."

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

4. Marco Polo was curious and adept in seeing and describing the natural history of __________________.
(a) Birds, plants, beasts and herbs.
(b) Birds, plants, people and herbs.
(c) Birds, beasts, people and spices.
(d) Birds, plants, beasts and spices.

5. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was penned in ________ by the writer Marco Polo commissioned.
(a) Arabic.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marco Polo was an emissary of whom?

2. In ____, a battle began with the sultan of Egypt.

3. Experiences between leaving in 1271 and returning in 1292 are described by Marco Polo through his chroniclers_________ and __________.

4. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?

5. How is Marco Polo described in the Prologue?

(see the answer key)

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