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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?
(a) Spend at least two months there.
(b) Free himself from images.
(c) Better understand the hand gestures.
(d) Learn a new set of written symbols.

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

3. What does Khan dream his lands are filled with?
(a) Promise and rich growth.
(b) Gold, silver, and bronze.
(c) The brightest, most beautiful people.
(d) Innovative architecture.

4. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?
(a) Armilla.
(b) Zobeide.
(c) Valdrada.
(d) Zenobia.

5. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?
(a) Other cities bring their prisoners here.
(b) It knows about departures but not returns.
(c) It is a phantom city born of nymphs' imaginations.
(d) Its residents suffer from a rare, mysterious disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in:

2. When Polo describes a bridge made of stone, Khan wants to know:

3. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?

4. The "white city" described by Polo is:

5. Polo says that Clarice is:

(see the answer key)

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