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