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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Insincere.
(c) Tearful but silent.
(d) Joyous and celebratory.

2. 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.

3. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) Clouds that bring rain.
(b) The blades of windmills.
(c) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(d) Statues and monuments.

4. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:
(a) Ponder the conversation.
(b) Wait for food to be brought to them.
(c) Listen to the wind chimes.
(d) Allow the assistants to speak.

5. Polo gives Khan impressions of:
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) His cities and their inhabitants.
(c) What other leaders think of him.
(d) The financial state of the empire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Khan listen to Polo's stories so intently?

3. Why was the city on pilings built so high off the ground?

4. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?

5. Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in:

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