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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ was an unknown term in medieval language.
(a) "Compassion."
(b) "Restitution."
(c) "Civilization."
(d) "Barbaric."

2. Kubilai Khan fought a great battle with whom?
(a) Nayaset.
(b) Nayan.
(c) Kufiur.
(d) Karli.

3. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?
(a) 1261.
(b) 1260.
(c) 1250.
(d) 1259.

4. How many young female attendants did each legitimate wife have?
(a) 175.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 400.

5. "The Travels of Marco Polo" was first introduced to the reading public in the thirteenth century as what?
(a) "A Description of the Provinces."
(b) "A Description of the World."
(c) "A Description of the Empires."
(d) "A Description of the Kingdoms."

6. Why was the city of Tai-du built?
(a) Kanbalu was built too close to a major body of water.
(b) Kanbalu had become too run down and old.
(c) Astrologers said Kanbalu was destined to become rebellious.
(d) Kanbalu was attacked and burned to the ground.

7. What did the name Kanbalu mean?
(a) City of mass wealth.
(b) City of the sovereign.
(c) City of the beautiful.
(d) City of the great khan.

8. A thief could pay ______ the value of the property stolen in order to escape all further punishment.
(a) Twelve times.
(b) Twenty times.
(c) Nine times.
(d) Six times.

9. What could be found in the castle of Paipurth, which was located between Trebizond and Tauris?
(a) Silver mine.
(b) Gold mine.
(c) Fountain of oil.
(d) Fountain of youth.

10. What did the infant, Christ, give the wise men as they were leaving?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A stone.
(c) A bag of spices.
(d) A piece of gold cloth.

11. Experiences between leaving in 1271 and returning in 1292 are described by Marco Polo through his chroniclers_________ and __________.
(a) Ramusio and Kustichello.
(b) Ramusio and Rustigielo.
(c) Rustichello and Saint Barsamo.
(d) Latham and Ramusio.

12. What did the workers at Saint Barsamo make?
(a) Woolen girdles.
(b) Woolen hats.
(c) Silk hats.
(d) Cotton girdles.

13. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos and a baron to the Pope requesting a hundred men?
(a) To Teach Christianity and to get holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(b) To decorate a room for him to worship in and to get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(c) To show his people how to become Catholic and to obtain holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(d) To teach Christianity and get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.

14. _________ were not inhabitants of Tauris.
(a) Cathaians.
(b) Jacobites.
(c) Georgians.
(d) Nestorians.

15. Marco Polo was _________ years old when Pope Clement died.
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long did it take to cross the desert called Lop?

4. Tartars were experts in _______________.

5. What year did Kubilai Khan begin his reign?

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