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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. According to Chapter 21, what type of tree grew in the province of Timochain?
(a) Tree of the people.
(b) Tree of the water.
(c) Tree of the salt.
(d) Tree of the sun.

2. What was the doctrine of faith held by the Tartars, according to Chapter 48?
(a) They believed in a deity whose nature was to subdue the world.
(b) They believed in a deity whose nature was full of intellect.
(c) They believed in a deity whose nature was sublime and heavenly.
(d) They believed in a deity whose nature was of wrath.

3. Marco Polo's father and uncle were _________________.
(a) Merchants in Genoa.
(b) Traders from Genoa.
(c) Merchants in Constantinople.
(d) Traders from Constantinople.

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

5. Marco Polo was curious and adept in seeing and describing the natural history of __________________.
(a) Birds, plants, people and herbs.
(b) Birds, beasts, people and spices.
(c) Birds, plants, beasts and spices.
(d) Birds, plants, beasts and herbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the ruler of Kierman?

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

3. Where did the Tartars first establish residence?

4. What could be found in the castle of Paipurth, which was located between Trebizond and Tauris?

5. What was proved by the shoemaker removing his right eye?

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