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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?
(a) Tearful but silent.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Joyous and celebratory.
(d) Insincere.

2. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?
(a) Three.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

3. This peninsular city can be reached by ship or camel, revealing itself to travelers by both land and sea:
(a) Tamara.
(b) Despina.
(c) Isaura.
(d) Irma.

4. When do merchants from many different nations gather at Euphemia to trade?
(a) Every full moon.
(b) The first of the year.
(c) Every solstice and equinox.
(d) Immediately following the harvest.

5. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Zirma.
(c) Zora.
(d) Isaura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

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

3. Whenever the emperor is in a good mood and says how splendid his empire is, he wants to know why Polo:

4. If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held down by grief, how will he see the city?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Polo says that one cannot forget the city of Zora.

2. How does Polo describe the young women of Armilla?

3. What special ability does the mirror image of Valdrada possess?

4. Even though Zobeide, the white city, was made from the dreams of many men of different nationalities, how do strangers see the place?

5. Describe how the means of communication between Khan and Polo evolves.

6. How is Maurilia connected to its past?

7. In what way are the people of Chloe connected to each other?

8. How does the information provided to Khan by his other messengers differ from what Polo shares?

9. Why does Polo say that it is best to visit Diomira on a September evening?

10. Why does Polo say its pointless to try to describe the city of Zaira?

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