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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the city of Valdrada built?
(a) On the top of a mesa.
(b) At the edge of a dense forest.
(c) On the shores of a lake.
(d) In a fertile valley.

2. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:
(a) Stares at Polo piercingly.
(b) Weeps quietly.
(c) Imagines Polo answering his questions.
(d) Clears his throat loudly.

3. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(b) He asks to not be interrupted again.
(c) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.
(d) It's the city Polo was just describing.

4. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?
(a) Being in a far off land.
(b) Being in the emperor's shoes.
(c) Answering the emperor's questions.
(d) What life would be like had he not met the emperor.

5. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?
(a) A city like their own.
(b) A good spouse and many children.
(c) Enough food on the table.
(d) A place where they are free to follow their interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Polo speaks of a city, he speaks:

2. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:

3. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?

4. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?

5. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:

(see the answer key)

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