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