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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In ____, a battle began with the sultan of Egypt.
(a) Yezd.
(b) Ayas.
(c) Acre.
(d) Zorzania.

2. The Great Khan succeeded _______ to rule the eastern part of the Mongol empire.
(a) Mangku Kaan.
(b) Arikbuga.
(c) Chinghiz.
(d) Tuli.

3. Marco Polo was _________ years old when Pope Clement died.
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

4. What three regions were assigned to lesser family khans to rule over?
(a) Northern Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Eastern Asia's Turkestan.
(b) European Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.
(c) Western Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.
(d) European Russia, Levant from southern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.

5. The Polos survived ______________ for three years until Pope Clement died.
(a) Heat and blowing winds.
(b) Snow and swollen rivers.
(c) Lack of money and falling snow.
(d) Lack of food and shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?

2. Barka Khan was the lord of ______________.

3. An envoy of Hulaga invited the Polos to join his trip to the Great Khan of the Tartars, __________.

4. Marco Polo was an emissary of whom?

5. Experiences between leaving in 1271 and returning in 1292 are described by Marco Polo through his chroniclers_________ and __________.

(see the answer key)

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