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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?
(a) To keep him from getting depressed.
(b) To serve as nothing more than entertainment.
(c) To keep him calm and stable in light of financial troubles.
(d) To help him connect to distant places he will never see.

2. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(b) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.
(c) It's the city Polo was just describing.
(d) He asks to not be interrupted again.

3. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?
(a) Zora.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Tamara.
(d) Dorothea.

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) Servants.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) The sultan's shoemaker.

5. Maurilia was once:
(a) A completely different city with the same name.
(b) Ruled completely by matriarchs.
(c) Completely submerged under water.
(d) Thoroughly devastated by a flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

2. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:

3. When do merchants from many different nations gather at Euphemia to trade?

4. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?

5. Which city has supposedly languished and deteriorated, forgotten by the earth?

(see the answer key)

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