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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?
(a) The cool air clears his mind and keeps him awake.
(b) This reminds him of a time from one of his past travels.
(c) The setting they're in will affect how the tale is remembered.
(d) His traveling days may soon come to an end.

2. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."
(a) One of the philosphers.
(b) The sultan's eldest son.
(c) One of the servants.
(d) The sultan.

3. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?
(a) Something about their glances.
(b) The fact that everyone is related to everyone else in some way.
(c) The way everyone lives in close, tight-knit communities.
(d) The city's 103-year-old patriarch.

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

5. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?
(a) Isidora.
(b) Zaira.
(c) Anastasia.
(d) Zirma.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?

3. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?

4. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:

5. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?

(see the answer key)

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