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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items from his travels does Polo spread at the feet of Khan in Chapter 8?
(a) A violin, a silk jacket, a bowl, and a feather.
(b) A spear, a chess set, and a hat.
(c) A wooden box, a book, and a locket.
(d) A helmet, a seashell, a coconut, and a fan.

2. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Zora.
(d) Tamara.

3. When a traveler arrives at Phyllis, what does he decide to do?
(a) Dance, sing, and eat.
(b) Stay there for the rest of his life.
(c) Relax in the public baths.
(d) Sleep by day and explore by night.

4. Where is the city of Valdrada built?
(a) On the top of a mesa.
(b) On the shores of a lake.
(c) At the edge of a dense forest.
(d) In a fertile valley.

5. In Chapter 6, Polo claims that he's reached the point where, in the number of people he has known:
(a) His friends outnumber his enemies.
(b) The dead outnumber the living.
(c) Very few are worth remembering.
(d) He recalls all faces but few names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonia do on a daily basis?

2. When Polo speaks of a city, he speaks:

3. Esmeralda is known as the city of what?

4. In Chapter 5, as Khan sits in his palace visualizing the growth of his empire, what does he see?

5. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?

(see the answer key)

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