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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:
(a) Signal the conversation to end immediately.
(b) Need to be left alone with his thoughts.
(c) Offer subtle cues that Polo needs to leave.
(d) Get up and storm off.

2. When Polo first communicates with Khan, the emperor is able to:
(a) Look interested despite being bored.
(b) Comprehend his unusual accent.
(c) Decipher his signs.
(d) Understand everything completely.

3. When Polo speaks of a city, he speaks:
(a) Of his own perceptions of the city.
(b) With an air of great authority.
(c) Only what he thinks the emperor wants to hear.
(d) With a stutter.

4. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?
(a) They are strangers to each other.
(b) Great warriors train here.
(c) They are most welcoming to newcomers.
(d) Everyone here is a teacher of some type.

5. Polo gives Khan impressions of:
(a) His cities and their inhabitants.
(b) The financial state of the empire.
(c) What other leaders think of him.
(d) The meaning of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the city of Valdrada built?

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

3. In the city with the large metal building in its center, what's inside each room of the building?

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

5. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

(see the answer key)

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