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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Khan listen to Polo's stories so intently?
(a) He will never have the chance to travel to all of these places.
(b) He is starved for entertainment.
(c) It stirs his imagination and gives him incentive to continue ruling.
(d) He's looking for clues to help him better rule his empire.

2. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?
(a) Palm trees and colorful tents.
(b) Flying dirigibles and tattoo parlors.
(c) Feasting men and strong women.
(d) Noisy festivals and sleek sailboats.

3. 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) He developed.
(c) They made up.
(d) Are understood only by members of royalty.

4. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?
(a) Prayer flags fluttering from rooftops.
(b) Young women bathing in the many tubs and showers.
(c) Young boys fishing with their bare hands in the river.
(d) Children flying colorful, dragon-shaped kites in the distance.

5. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:
(a) Silver and shells.
(b) Onyx and agate.
(c) Gold and sea stones.
(d) Turquoise and tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?

2. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?

3. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?

4. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?

5. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?

(see the answer key)

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