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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?
(a) 1260.
(b) 1250.
(c) 1259.
(d) 1261.

2. What could be found in Kierman?
(a) Fountains of oil.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Gold.
(d) Springs.

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

4. In 1292, Marco Polo safely delivered a bride for _____.
(a) Theophylactus Simocatta.
(b) Arghun.
(c) Cosmas.
(d) Mingan.

5. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos and a baron to the Pope requesting a hundred men?
(a) To teach Christianity and get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(b) To decorate a room for him to worship in and to get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(c) To show his people how to become Catholic and to obtain holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(d) To Teach Christianity and to get holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo started a venture sailing to Sudak to __________.

2. The Great Khan succeeded _______ to rule the eastern part of the Mongol empire.

3. What were the names of the three magi?

4. How is Marco Polo described in the Prologue?

5. According to Chapter 21, what type of tree grew in the province of Timochain?

(see the answer key)

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