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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the workers at Saint Barsamo make?
(a) Woolen hats.
(b) Woolen girdles.
(c) Cotton girdles.
(d) Silk hats.
2. In 1292, Marco Polo safely delivered a bride for _____.
(a) Cosmas.
(b) Arghun.
(c) Mingan.
(d) Theophylactus Simocatta.
3. _________ were not inhabitants of Tauris.
(a) Georgians.
(b) Nestorians.
(c) Jacobites.
(d) Cathaians.
4. Marco Polo's descriptions of human history are ______________.
(a) Astute.
(b) Limited and inaccurate.
(c) Limited but accurate.
(d) Extensive but inaccurate.
5. What festival was celebrated September 28th?
(a) White feast.
(b) The festival of the golden tablets.
(c) Tribunal day.
(d) The birth of the grand khan.
Short Answer Questions
1. Kashcar was known for its production of what?
2. Why was the city of Tai-du built?
3. Why was an umbrella carried overhead of the grand khan?
4. Survival required a practical traveler and merchant to take advantage of ___________along the route with natural and man-made obstacles.
5. What could be found in the castle of Paipurth, which was located between Trebizond and Tauris?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lesser Armenia as Marco Polo did in Chapter 2.
2. Tell about the custom in Peyn that pertained to married men and women.
3. Discuss the custom observed upon the birth of a son in the city of Sachion. Use Chapter 37 as a reference.
4. Why was Marco Polo not adept in describing countries, towns and natural features?
5. Describe the city of Karakoran.
6. What happened between King Arghun and Lady Kogatin?
7. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos, with a baron, to the Pope?
8. What happened to the Polos while they were traveling to see the Pope?
9. Why did the grand khan have a new city built at Tai-du?
10. Tell about the custom of showing respect to strangers from the district of Kamul.
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