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