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A) Italian B) Spanish C) German D) French
A) 15th B) 10th C) 17th D) 13th
A) 18 B) 30 C) 12 D) 24
A) Attila the Hun B) Genghis Khan C) Emperor Taizong D) Kublai Khan
A) Journey to the East B) Around the World in 80 Days C) The Silk Road Chronicles D) The Travels of Marco Polo
A) 17 B) 15 C) 10 D) 20
A) Incense Trail B) Silk Road C) Amber Road D) Spice Route
A) Japan B) India C) China D) Mongolia
A) His brothers B) His cousins C) His father and uncle D) His grandparents
A) Milan B) Florence C) Venice D) Naples
A) Bark B) Silk C) Leaves D) Papyrus
A) Cipangu B) Izanagi C) Yamato D) Nihon
A) Vasco da Gama B) Ferdinand Magellan C) James Cook D) Christopher Columbus
A) Artists B) Scholars C) Soldiers D) Merchants
A) Advisor B) Foreign emissary C) General D) Trade ambassador
A) Hundred Years' War B) War with Genoa C) Crusades D) Peloponnesian War
A) Dante Alighieri B) Rustichello da Pisa C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Giovanni Boccaccio
A) Electricity, airplanes, radios B) Steam engines, telegraphs, computers C) Plastics, antibiotics, television D) Porcelain, gunpowder, paper money
A) Mongol Empire B) Ottoman Empire C) British Empire D) Roman Empire
A) Aisha B) Kököchin C) Eleanor D) Roxelana
A) 1275 B) 1254 C) 1240 D) 1269
A) Kublai B) Emilione C) Niccolò D) Milione
A) 'Merchant' B) 'Explorer' C) 'Traveler' D) 'Million'
A) Luigi Foscolo Benedetto B) Marco Polo C) Niccolò Polo D) Giovanni Battista Ramusio
A) Travelling merchant B) Scholar C) Explorer D) Writer
A) 1275 B) 1280 C) 1269 D) 1254
A) 18 years old B) 20 years old C) 10 years old D) 15 years old
A) Beijing B) Venice C) Constantinople D) Baghdad
A) Gold coins B) Silk C) Jewels D) Spices
A) 1265 B) 1271 C) 1290 D) 1280
A) Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo B) Doge Enrico Dandolo C) Doge Marco Cornaro D) Doge Pietro Gradenigo
A) Acre B) Beijing C) Venice D) Constantinople
A) Seventeen B) Thirty C) Fifteen D) Twenty-one
A) 1295 B) 1275 C) 1285 D) 1305
A) Cannon B) Crossbow C) Catapult D) Trebuchet
A) Livres des Merveilles du Monde B) The Book of Marvels C) Il Milione D) The Travels of Marco Polo
A) Fantina B) Donata Badoèr C) Moreta D) Agnese
A) Pietro d'Abano B) Giovanni Battista Ramusio C) Bartolomeo D) Rustichello da Pisa
A) 1321 B) 1310 C) 1299 D) 1305
A) An elephant B) The Sumatran rhinoceros C) A tiger D) A dragon
A) Moreta B) Fantina C) Bellela D) Agnese
A) 1299 B) 1305 C) 1319 D) 1321
A) 1322 B) 1323 C) 1325 D) 1330
A) 10 January 1324 B) 8 January 1324 C) 9 January 1323 D) 7 January 1325
A) Giovanni Giustiniani B) Donata, his wife C) Peter, the Tartar servant D) Friar Benvenuto
A) San Lorenzo B) San Paolo of the Order of Preachers C) San Giovanni D) The Church
A) 220 soldi B) 300 lire C) 50 soldi D) 100 lire
A) At dawn B) At noon C) At sunset D) At midnight
A) The Vatican Archives B) San Lorenzo C) Biblioteca Marciana D) Venice City Hall
A) June 1324 B) 9 January 1324 C) 10 January 1325 D) 8 January 1323
A) The 'holographic signature' rule B) The 'testamentum scriptum' rule C) The 'signum manus' rule D) The 'notary validation' rule
A) Latin manuscript by Francesco Pipino in 1302 B) Castilian translation of 1503 C) Elizabethan version by John Frampton in 1579 D) Italian by Giovanni Battista Ramusio in 1559
A) Ukek B) Bolghar C) Dadu D) Bukhara
A) Three languages B) Five languages C) Two languages D) Four languages
A) They did not have enough supplies B) They encountered pirates C) The ships there were not seaworthy D) They lacked a proper map
A) Zaitun B) Shangdu C) Dadu D) Beijing
A) They hid in the desert until morning B) They fought through to a nearby town C) They negotiated with the bandits D) They were rescued by local villagers
A) Trebizond on the Black Sea B) Shangdu C) Beijing D) Singapore
A) Latin B) Franco-Venetian C) Italian D) Arabic
A) Francesco Pipino B) Jacopo d'Acqui C) Rustichello of Pisa D) Antonio Montefusco
A) Because it contained unbelievable stories. B) Because Marco Polo refused to share his experiences. C) Because it lacked detailed maps. D) Because it was written in a foreign language.
A) Ronald Latham B) Francesco Pipino C) Antonio Montefusco D) Luigi Foscolo Benedetto
A) The translation of 'The Book of Marvels' into Latin. B) Trade agreements between Europe and China. C) The conversion of Marco Polo to Christianity. D) A possible Christian-Mongol alliance against Islam.
A) As a scientific journal B) As a romance or fable C) As an accurate historical document D) As a religious text
A) A Sogdian named Mar-Sargis from Samarkand B) Chinese emperors C) Marco Polo himself D) The Mongol ruler Kublai Khan
A) The Yuan dynasty B) The Ming dynasty C) The Qing dynasty D) The Han dynasty
A) Herbert Franke B) Frances Wood C) John W. Haeger D) Stephen G. Haw
A) Stephen G. Haw B) David Morgan C) John W. Haeger D) Igor de Rachewiltz
A) John W. Haeger B) David Morgan C) Herbert Franke D) Stephen G. Haw
A) David Morgan B) Igor de Rachewiltz C) Frances Wood D) Peter Jackson
A) Shanghai B) Nanjing C) Yangzhou D) Beijing
A) As an advisor only B) Only in some sources C) Yes D) No
A) David Morgan B) Herbert Franke C) Peng Hai D) Ronald Latham
A) David Morgan B) Stephen G. Haw C) Herbert Franke D) Peng Hai
A) David Morgan B) Herbert Franke C) Peng Hai D) Paul Pelliot
A) A religious order B) A type of ship C) The imperial guard D) A trade guild
A) Boluo B) Xiangwei C) Saman D) Mar Sarchis
A) Twenty-four B) Five C) Eleven or thirteen D) Twelve
A) Thirteen B) Twelve C) Ten D) Eleven
A) Five B) Six C) Three D) Four
A) Historian Igor de Rachewiltz B) Historian Frances Wood C) David O. Morgan D) Sinologist Francis Woodman Cleaves
A) The Yongle Encyclopedia B) The Travels of Marco Polo C) Jami' al-tawarikh D) The Secret History of the Mongols
A) The only Persian source mentioning the princess was completed after 1310–1311. B) There were no Persian books available during his time. C) Polo did not speak Persian. D) All Persian sources had been lost by then.
A) Christopher Columbus B) Bento de Góis C) Matteo Ricci D) Marco Polo
A) Mercator projection B) Ptolemaic map C) The 1453 Fra Mauro map D) Zeno Map
A) Marco Polo B) Matteo Ricci C) Giovanni Battista Ramusio D) Piero Falchetta
A) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. B) Assassin's Creed: Origins. C) Civilization Revolution (2008). D) Age of Empires III.
A) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. B) Final Fantasy XV. C) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009). D) Red Dead Redemption II.
A) The Journeyer (1984) B) Marco Millions (1928) C) Invisible Cities (1972) D) Messer Marco Polo (1921)
A) John Fusco B) Giuliano Montaldo C) Denis Belliveau D) Miro Branković
A) Mark Eden B) Ken Marshall C) John Cassavetes D) Ian Somerhalder
A) Marco Millions (1928) B) Messer Marco Polo (1921) C) The Journeyer (1984) D) Invisible Cities (1972)
A) Grania Davis B) Italo Calvino C) Eugene O'Neill D) John Fusco
A) The Judas Strain (2007) B) Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (1988) C) The Journeyer (1984) D) Invisible Cities (1972)
A) John Cassavetes B) Mark Eden C) Kei Tomiyama D) Ken Marshall
A) Ken Marshall B) Ian Somerhalder C) Ruocheng Ying D) Brian Dennehy
A) Burt Lancaster B) Ken Marshall C) Ian Somerhalder D) Brian Dennehy |