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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Zorzania, the king was usually called _______ .
(a) David Melik.
(b) David Abaku.
(c) David Tartar.
(d) David Zorzania.

3. What were the names of the three magi?
(a) Demogar, Haldasar, Gaspar.
(b) Balksar, Palasta, Gaspar.
(c) Belchior, Dyava, Haldasar.
(d) Baldasar, Gaspar, Belchior.

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

5. ______________ was an unknown term in medieval language.
(a) "Barbaric."
(b) "Restitution."
(c) "Compassion."
(d) "Civilization."

Short Answer Questions

1. Marco Polo was _________ years old when Pope Clement died.

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

3. Which characteristic does not fit Marco Polo's description of Turkomans?

4. Where were the three magi buried?

5. Survival required a practical traveler and merchant to take advantage of ___________along the route with natural and man-made obstacles.

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