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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Isaura.
(c) Zirma.
(d) Laura.

3. Which city is a gray stone metropolis with a large metal building in the center?
(a) Isadora.
(b) Lenora.
(c) Prada.
(d) Fedora.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the people of Isaura find water?

2. When strangers arrive to Zobeide, what impression do they have of the city?

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

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

5. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?

(see the answer key)

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