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