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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the inhabitants of Soccotera collect from whales?
(a) Meat.
(b) Ambergris.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Blubber.

2. What was the meaning of jerms?
(a) Palm tree.
(b) Ship.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Castle.

3. What did choiach mean?
(a) Riches.
(b) Unlucky.
(c) Honor.
(d) Death.

4. What animal was not bred in Maabar?
(a) Cows.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Horses.
(d) Oxen.

5. What practice ceased to exist in Karazan by rule of his majesty?
(a) Women were no longer allowed to bear children after having three.
(b) Men were allowed to beat their wife if she had a girl child first.
(c) Strangers of superior quality were tortured then released.
(d) Strangers of superior quality were murdered.

6. What year did Kublai attack Ziamba?
(a) 1263.
(b) 1269.
(c) 1268.
(d) 1270.

7. How many wives did the king of Kangigu have?
(a) 700.
(b) 350.
(c) 400.
(d) 250.

8. What type of animal did the inhabitants of Karazan hunt?
(a) Large serpents.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Small elephants.
(d) Wild boars.

9. What animal was bred in the province of Karaian that was considered the best?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Horses.
(d) Falcons.

10. What did the name Ach-baluch Manji signify?
(a) Level ground.
(b) White city.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Great ruler.

11. Gold and Silver were traded in Kardandan. How much gold saggio could be traded for five of sliver?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

12. Murphili was known for what?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) Silk.

13. Ships in India were built from ___________.
(a) Fir timber.
(b) Pine wood.
(c) Oak timber.
(d) Gopher wood.

14. What were sold in Basman as pygmies?
(a) Very diminutive old men.
(b) Very diminutive boys.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Very small, shaved Negritos.

15. What was the circumference of Java the Lesser?
(a) 1000 miles.
(b) 2500 miles.
(c) 1500 miles.
(d) 2000 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the name Chin-san Bay-an mean?

2. Who or what was Kara-moran?

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

4. Abascia had the best ______.

5. What lay to either side of the causeway leading to Manji?

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