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