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

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

3. What was manufactured in Arzingan?
(a) Iron masks.
(b) Silk clothes.
(c) Silver mirrors.
(d) Fine cotton.

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

5. What was the doctrine of faith held by the Tartars, according to Chapter 48?
(a) They believed in a deity whose nature was of wrath.
(b) They believed in a deity whose nature was full of intellect.
(c) They believed in a deity whose nature was to subdue the world.
(d) They believed in a deity whose nature was sublime and heavenly.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was penned in ________ by the writer Marco Polo commissioned.

2. The city of Arzingan was located in ___.

3. According to Marco Polo, in the central part of Armenia lies an exceedingly large and high mountain. What can be found on this mountain?

4. What is stated in the Prologue as one of the reasons someone would read this book?

5. People of Vokhan were of which religious persuasion?

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