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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:
(a) Gaudy and loud, with ridiculous artwork.
(b) Filled with beautiful items, including silver domed buildings and bronze statues.
(c) Desperately in need of revitalization.
(d) A quiet place full of intelligent, inquisitive people and lush gardens.

2. When Khan asks if he will finally be able to fully possess his empire after learning the meaning of all of Polo's symbols, the traveler replies that Khan:
(a) Will reach a state of great enlightenment.
(b) Will be able to teach the symbols to his many children.
(c) Will be esteemed by every man, woman, and child in the empire.
(d) Will then be an emblem among the emblems.

3. Maurilia was once:
(a) A completely different city with the same name.
(b) Completely submerged under water.
(c) Ruled completely by matriarchs.
(d) Thoroughly devastated by a flood.

4. Why was the city on pilings built so high off the ground?
(a) For protection against seasonal floods.
(b) Nobody remembers.
(c) Because of high tides.
(d) Because the previous ruler was mad.

5. As Kublai Khan listens to the reports of his envoys and tax collectors while walking through his garden, his messengers speak in languages that:
(a) He doesn't understand.
(b) They made up.
(c) Are understood only by members of royalty.
(d) He developed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marco Polo first tells his tales to Kublai Khan, he uses:

2. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, Khan is completely satisfied with Polo's explanations but still remembers what?

3. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

4. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."

5. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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