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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Road to Cathay.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Survival required a practical traveler and merchant to take advantage of ___________along the route with natural and man-made obstacles.
(a) Shelter, routes and people.
(b) Food, water and transport.
(c) Water, shelter and food.
(d) People, places and food.

2. Where were the three magi buried?
(a) Mosul.
(b) Arbor Secco.
(c) Saba.
(d) Kasiban.

3. An envoy of Hulaga invited the Polos to join his trip to the Great Khan of the Tartars, __________.
(a) Kubilai.
(b) Chinghiz.
(c) Kaidu.
(d) Arikbuga.

4. How is Marco Polo described in the Prologue?
(a) As a wise and learned citizen of Venice.
(b) As an honest and trustworthy citizen of Venice.
(c) As a loyal follower of God.
(d) As a learned and honest citizen of Genoa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos and a baron to the Pope requesting a hundred men?

2. _______________ was chosen to replace Queen Bulagan after her death.

3. Marco Polo's descriptions of human history are ______________.

4. A thief could pay ______ the value of the property stolen in order to escape all further punishment.

5. According to the introduction, what made "The Travels of Marco Polo" a best seller?

(see the answer key)

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