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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Isaura.
(c) Laura.
(d) Zirma.

2. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?
(a) It will one day serve as the capital of the empire.
(b) He explains to the emperor that this would be a very impractical city.
(c) Polo urges Khan to begin building it in the spring.
(d) It is nameless and has no location, existing only as a dream does.

3. Polo tells Khan that he feels this way about the things he saw in Hypatia:
(a) Entranced.
(b) Uplifted.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Cheated.

4. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(b) It's the city Polo was just describing.
(c) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.
(d) He asks to not be interrupted again.

5. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?
(a) Zoroastria.
(b) Zoey.
(c) Zapata.
(d) Zobeide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what do Khan's messengers warn of?

4. Which city stands on high pilings even though it sits on dry land?

5. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

(see the answer key)

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