View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, War of the Khans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a Spirit Banner proclaim?
(a) Identity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Power.
(d) Wealth.

2. What year did Temujin call the khuriltai that was to be "the most important ever in steppe history?"
(a) 1208.
(b) 1205.
(c) 1206.
(d) 1200.

3. In the year 1203, Temujin wished to resolve his rivalry with Jamuka and clarify his position with Ong Khan by what means?
(a) Temujin asked Ong Khan to marry one of his daughters.
(b) Temujin gave Ong Khan a beautiful sable fur.
(c) Temujin asked Ong Khan to have the khan's daughter marry Temujin's son, Jochi.
(d) Temujin offered one of his daughters to Ong Khan as a wife.

4. Under the kinship hierarchy, what is each linage known by?
(a) Spirit banners.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Bones.
(d) Hair.

5. Where was Borte when Temujin raided the Merkids?
(a) Waiting for Temujin.
(b) In the Merkid camp.
(c) Fighting with her new husband.
(d) On a cart, sent away from battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Temujin ask for help, after the kidnapping of Borte?

2. How did Temjin take the throne after the important khuriltai?

3. As a child, what was Genghis Khan afraid of?

4. What was Ong Khan doing as Temujin attacked him?

5. How did Temujin and his nineteen men survive starvation on the muddy Lake Balujna?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample