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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Idolaters" include________.
(a) Buddhists and Jews.
(b) Hindus and Mahomets.
(c) Saracens and Cathayans.
(d) Hindus and Buddhists.

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

4. Who is being addressed in the Prologue?
(a) Emperors, kings, dukes, marquises, earls, and knights.
(b) Kings and other dignitaries of the world.
(c) Readers of the world.
(d) The learned.

5. What was proved by the shoemaker removing his right eye?
(a) His excellent faith.
(b) He was a sinner doomed to hell.
(c) He will enter Paradise.
(d) He was subject to the khalif's beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Arghun was the king of _____________.

4. What three regions were assigned to lesser family khans to rule over?

5. Marco Polo was an emissary of whom?

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