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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?
(a) Isidora.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Diomira.
(d) Anastasia.

2. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) The sultan's shoemaker.
(c) The second in command.
(d) Servants.

3. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?
(a) Zapata.
(b) Zoroastria.
(c) Zobeide.
(d) Zoey.

4. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Euphrates.
(c) Euphemia.
(d) Eugenia.

5. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:
(a) Be very precise in his descriptions.
(b) Demand greater pay.
(c) Be arrogant and disagreeable.
(d) Request to go on more voyages.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, Khan is completely satisfied with Polo's explanations but still remembers what?

2. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?

3. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?

4. As Kublai Khan listens to the reports of his envoys and tax collectors while walking through his garden, his messengers speak in languages that:

5. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:

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