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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. What was manufactured in Arzingan?
(a) Silk clothes.
(b) Silver mirrors.
(c) Iron masks.
(d) Fine cotton.

2. According to the Prologue, what things does Marco Polo describe in the book?
(a) The mysteries of the world.
(b) Things he sees and things he hears from others.
(c) Things he stumbles upon.
(d) Only the truth of what he sees.

3. What did the workers at Saint Barsamo make?
(a) Cotton girdles.
(b) Woolen hats.
(c) Silk hats.
(d) Woolen girdles.

4. The Tartars had the best _________ in the world.
(a) Wives.
(b) Tents.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Falcons.

5. Marco Polo's descriptions of human history are ______________.
(a) Limited but accurate.
(b) Extensive but inaccurate.
(c) Astute.
(d) Limited and inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the three magi buried?

2. A thief could pay ______ the value of the property stolen in order to escape all further punishment.

3. What miraculous event was said to have occurred at Samarcan?

4. In Zorzania, the king was usually called _______ .

5. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was penned in ________ by the writer Marco Polo commissioned.

(see the answer key)

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