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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?
(a) In terms of youthful memory.
(b) By the skies each evening paints.
(c) Through the eyes of an old woman.
(d) Through the artist's paintbrush.

2. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?
(a) He cannot speak Khan's language.
(b) He's too shy to speak directly to the emperor.
(c) He wants to make it more challenging for Khan.
(d) He's eccentric and mischievous.

3. What's missing in Armilla?
(a) Roads.
(b) A comprehensible language.
(c) Law and order.
(d) Walls, ceilings, and floors.

4. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?
(a) Young boys fishing with their bare hands in the river.
(b) Young women bathing in the many tubs and showers.
(c) Prayer flags fluttering from rooftops.
(d) Children flying colorful, dragon-shaped kites in the distance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This peninsular city can be reached by ship or camel, revealing itself to travelers by both land and sea:

2. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?

3. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?

4. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?

5. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?

(see the answer key)

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