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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Road to Cathay.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the East in 1206, whom did the Mongol tribes elect to rule northern China?
(a) Barka.
(b) Chingis.
(c) Chinghiz.
(d) Nayan.

2. _________ were not inhabitants of Tauris.
(a) Jacobites.
(b) Georgians.
(c) Cathaians.
(d) Nestorians.

3. The narrator who translated the stories in "The Travels of Marco Polo" was from where?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Spain.
(c) China.
(d) Pisa.

4. According to the introduction, what made "The Travels of Marco Polo" a best seller?
(a) The ease in obtaining a copy of the book.
(b) The wild and exciting tales.
(c) Rustichello's writing.
(d) The mystery of Kubilai Khan's thirteenth century empire.

5. People of Vokhan were of which religious persuasion?
(a) Christian.
(b) Hindus.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Mahometans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is being addressed in the Prologue?

2. According to Marco Polo, in ancient times, kings of Zorzania were born with the mark of _____________ on the ___________ shoulder.

3. What allowed the inhabitants of Baldach or Bagadet to transport their goods to and from the sea of India?

4. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was first introduced to the reading public in the thirteenth century as what?

5. ______________ was an unknown term in medieval language.

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