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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. How many children did the king of Ziamba have?

2. Who was Mangalu?

3. What could be said of the priests of Servenath?

4. What was the chief aim or goal of Facfur?

5. What did the very devoted servants of the king of Maabar do when the king died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Tell what types of things were produced on the island of Java.

2. How could one enter the town of Pau-ghin, and why?

3. What was significant about the city of Yan-gui?

4. Tell about the extraordinary bird called rukh.

5. Why was Marco Polo detained in the kingdom of Samara for five months?

6. Describe the teachers and instruction in Bangala.

7. Describe what took place at the city of Tin-gui-gui.

8. What was produced in great quantities in the kingdom of Kon-cha? What expensive vegetable was also found?

9. What could be found at the top of a mountain in Zeilan?

10. Describe the marks of the Jews, Christians, and Saracens who lived in Abascia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Book 3, Chapter 1 describes in great detail the kind of ships used for navigation in India prior to Marco Polo being there and ships used while Marco Polo was there. Analyze the construction of the ships as detailed in the text, and compare that construction to ship construction of today. Use examples from the book when referencing ships from Middle Ages.

Essay Topic 2

The province of Balashan was made up of Mahometans. It was an extensive kingdom that was governed by princes in hereditary succession. Discuss how rule under one family, for generations, impacts a kingdom for benefit or detriment.

Essay Topic 3

Some time after the migration of the Tartars to the northern countries of Jorza and Bargu, in the year 1162, Chingis-khan was elected the first emperor of the Tartars. His subjects revered him as deity rather than as their sovereign. Why did the Tartars perceive him in this manner? Use examples from the text in your response and thesis statement.

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