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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Empire of Illusion, Epilogue, The Eternal Spirit of Genghis Khan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Guyuk serve as the Great Khan?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Eighteen months.

2. How many schools are recorded as being created during the reign of Khubilai Khan?
(a) 5,434
(b) 31,545.
(c) 10,542.
(d) 20,166.

3. Who penned the first known encyclopedia of natural history, in France?
(a) Andrea Cesalpino.
(b) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(c) Carolus Linnaeus.
(d) Comte de Buffon.

4. What is airak?
(a) Fermented mare's milk.
(b) Mongolian perperation for cooking sheep.
(c) The celebration dance performned by Sorkhokhtani.
(d) The special relationship between two Khan sons.

5. "It is reported, but impossible to verify, that no ____ was censored during Khubilai's reign?"
(a) Play.
(b) Speech.
(c) Work of art.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, of historical import, was killed in the Nishapur revolt?

2. Who was the first person Guyuk attacked, in 1246, as a display of his power as khan?

3. How did Ogodei combat the bulkiness of bullion and coinage?

4. Who killed Genghis Khan's older half-brother?

5. Western scholars have designated the fourteenth century as what?

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