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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. 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) Shelter, routes and people.
(d) People, places and food.

2. What was the doctrine of faith held by the Tartars, according to Chapter 48?
(a) They believed in a deity whose nature was full of intellect.
(b) They believed in a deity whose nature was of wrath.
(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.

3. 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, fabrics, spices and gold.
(c) Precious gems, furs, spices and gold.
(d) Precious gems, minerals, furs and gold.

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

5. The Polos survived ______________ for three years until Pope Clement died.
(a) Snow and swollen rivers.
(b) Lack of money and falling snow.
(c) Lack of food and shelter.
(d) Heat and blowing winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What festival was celebrated September 28th?

2. How many children did the king of Ziamba have?

3. Why did the grand khan, Kublai, want to annex the island of Zipangu?

4. Tartars mostly survived on ____________ while on an expedition.

5. Who is being addressed in the Prologue?

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