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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From China to India.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which characteristic does not fit Marco Polo's description of Turkomans?
(a) Accepting of others.
(b) Dull of intellect.
(c) Rude people.
(d) Followers of Mahomet.

3. Barka Khan was the lord of ______________.
(a) Bukhara.
(b) Persia.
(c) Tartary.
(d) Levant.

4. A particular vegetable in Kon-cha was very similar in color and smell to _____.
(a) Rhubarb.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Saffron.

5. What was the richest province in the eastern world?
(a) Manji.
(b) Kardandan.
(c) Kanbalu.
(d) Cathay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew greatly in Thebeth?

2. The custom, during the process of removing the bodies of princes, was for those who formed the escort to ______________ persons they met on the road.

3. Who or what was Kara-moran?

4. The city of Arzingan was located in ___.

5. Where were the three magi buried?

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