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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The "white city" described by Polo is:
(a) Surrounded by a tall, whitewashed wall.
(b) Accessible by sea only.
(c) Built with seashells and white stones.
(d) Based on the dream of many men.

3. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?
(a) Tent cities with the poorest of the poor.
(b) Markets selling the riches of the world.
(c) A fair with a roller coaster, carousel, and ferris wheel.
(d) An observatory with a large telescope and wise astrologers.

4. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?
(a) To serve as nothing more than entertainment.
(b) To keep him calm and stable in light of financial troubles.
(c) To help him connect to distant places he will never see.
(d) To keep him from getting depressed.

5. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?
(a) The city's 103-year-old patriarch.
(b) The way everyone lives in close, tight-knit communities.
(c) Something about their glances.
(d) The fact that everyone is related to everyone else in some way.

Short Answer Questions

1. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?

2. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?

3. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

4. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

5. What's missing in Armilla?

(see the answer key)

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