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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. What is Eutropia composed of?
(a) Island cities within a vast lake.
(b) Three cities separated from each other by a lake.
(c) A number of equally sized cities.
(d) One large city surrounding a smaller city.

2. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?
(a) Diomira.
(b) Despina.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Zaira.

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

4. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."
(a) The sultan's eldest son.
(b) One of the philosphers.
(c) The sultan.
(d) One of the servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:

2. Which of these is not a city described by Polo in Chapter 2?

3. When the people of Chloe pass each other in the street, what do they do?

4. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:

5. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Polo not know about Armilla?

2. When Khan instructs Polo to find the city from his dreams that has a north-facing harbor from which ships regularly leave as the people ashore wave their last goodbyes, what does Polo say?

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

4. What do the different models of the city of Fedora show?

5. Describe the gods in the two religions of Isaura.

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

7. Why does Kublai Khan listen to Marco Polo's fantastic stories about cities he's visited?

8. What happens from time to time to the temporary part of the city of Sophronia?

9. In Chapter 4, why does Polo dissect every city he describes to Khan?

10. What is the significance of the large metal building located at the center of Fedora?

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