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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which pope issued a papal bull in 1348, ordering the prosecution of the Jews to halt?
(a) Pope Clement VI.
(b) Pope Pius VII.
(c) Pope Clement III.
(d) Pope Pius III.

2. Who was the highest-ranking European delegate at Toregene's gathering in 1246?
(a) His Highness Alexander Navsky.
(b) Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.
(c) Grand Prince Yaroslav II.
(d) The Livonian Brothers.

3. 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.

4. Who was the envoy appointed to meet King Edward the I of England?
(a) Rabban Markos.
(b) Rabban Bar Sawma
(c) Isa Kelemechi.
(d) Mar Denha I.

5. What did the Mongols believe Friar Carpini brought to them?
(a) Submission from the Pope.
(b) Information on Christianity and Jesus.
(c) A message of war.
(d) Goods from Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What land did Subodei wish to invade, when he was about sixty?

2. What year is the earliest reported Mongol presence in the French court?

3. When did the Mongol forces, with the help of Bayan, overtake the Sung capital of Hangzhou?

4. Which faith did Ogodei fail to build a house for?

5. Who was Columbus looking for when he sailed in 1492?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nicolaus of Cusa?

2. How did the Mongols keep numerical track of everything they obtained?

3. How did the people of the city-states of Russia interpret the victory of the Mongols?

4. What happened to the Mongol forces after they severely harmed the samurai warriors?

5. What was the first book written in English, and what did it say about Genghis Khan?

6. What a blitzkrieg?

7. How did Matthew Paris link the Mongols to the Jewish people?

8. How did Mongke Khan die?

9. After the Mongols destroyed the Hungarian army, they were able to probe Vienna. Though scared, some Hapsburg troops captured a Mongol officer. What was strange about him?

10. What do "generous scholars" attribute to Khubilai's frequent delays during the war with the Sung?

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