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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. What was life in Xanadu, during 1332?
(a) Boisterous and energetic.
(b) Quiet and tranquil.
(c) Alarming and painful.
(d) Introspective and intellectual.

2. Of all the cultures the Mongols worked with, who had the most advanced pharmacology?
(a) The Europeans.
(b) The Persians.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Indians.

3. Who called the first khuriltai after Guyuk died?
(a) Mongke.
(b) Oghul Ghaimish.
(c) Sorhokhtani.
(d) Batu Khan.

4. How long did it take Friar Giovanni of Plano Carpini to travel to the Mongol court?
(a) Six months.
(b) 106 days.
(c) Two years.
(d) A year.

5. What did the Mongol women do while the men were on the battlefield?
(a) Kept the home.
(b) Managed the empire.
(c) Drank with Ogodei.
(d) Traveled with the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river's origin did Khubilai launch an expedition to discover in 1281?

2. How many people did Mongke execute within Ogodei's lineage?

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

4. How many priests did Khubilai request the Marco brothers send to the Mongol courts?

5. How many letters were in the alphabetic system that could write all the languages in the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Arik Boke that caused the end of his life?

3. What was in the tea Khubilai drank the morning after a long night of celebration, and what did it do?

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

5. Why and how did the Mongols promote education in China?

6. What was special about the mare's milk for Khubilai and his court?

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

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

9. Who was Bayan?

10. By the end of chapter seven, the Mongol empire was divided into four segments. What were they and who was in charge?

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