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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Polo see rising vertically in Armilla?
(a) Columns that hold nothing up.
(b) Stacks of seashells.
(c) Tall, slender windmills.
(d) Pipes where the houses should be.

5. Which of these is not a city described by Polo in Chapter 2?
(a) Euphemia.
(b) Maurilia.
(c) Kublai.
(d) Zenobia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?

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

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

5. Maurilia was once:

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