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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marco Polo's descriptions of human history are ______________.
(a) Astute.
(b) Extensive but inaccurate.
(c) Limited and inaccurate.
(d) Limited but accurate.

2. Trade-routes were costly to follow, so high value commodities like ________________ were needed to make a profit on the way.
(a) Precious gems, silk, spices, and gold.
(b) Precious gems, minerals, furs and gold.
(c) Precious gems, fabrics, spices and gold.
(d) Precious gems, furs, spices and gold.

3. Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo started a venture sailing to Sudak to __________.
(a) Sell silk.
(b) Sell minerals.
(c) Sell jewels.
(d) Sell spices.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prologue, what things does Marco Polo describe in the book?

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

3. The narrator who translated the stories in "The Travels of Marco Polo" was from where?

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

5. What did the infant, Christ, give the wise men as they were leaving?

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