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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With regard to the goatherd in Cecilia, Polo is surprised the man doesn't know the name of:
(a) The city.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The country.
(d) The emperor.

3. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?
(a) Invite each other for a visit.
(b) Move away without stopping.
(c) Bow repeatedly.
(d) Approach to shake hands.

4. When Marco Polo meets with Kublai Khan, he:
(a) Describes cities that he's visited during his travels.
(b) Requests money to be able to continue his travels.
(c) Is worried that Khan will not approve of his stories.
(d) Asks for a leadership position in the empire.

5. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?
(a) If he resembles someone who is already dead to the people there.
(b) Why there are more men than women there.
(c) If those he encounters are real people or ghosts.
(d) Where all the children have gone to.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?

2. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?

3. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?

4. Clarice is known for its cycle of death and rebirth and:

5. Polo wants to inform the emperor how much darkness is out there by focusing on:

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