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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?
(a) Other cities bring their prisoners here.
(b) Its residents suffer from a rare, mysterious disease.
(c) It knows about departures but not returns.
(d) It is a phantom city born of nymphs' imaginations.

2. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?
(a) Poppy seeds, grain, and nutmeg.
(b) Gunpowder and fireworks.
(c) Curry powder and white and green tea.
(d) Silk fabrics as well as silk worms.

3. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?
(a) In terms of youthful memory.
(b) Through the eyes of an old woman.
(c) By the skies each evening paints.
(d) Through the artist's paintbrush.

4. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?
(a) Enjoy the current city while hearing of its past.
(b) Dine with the city's group of elders.
(c) Stay and relax for three days.
(d) Offer a gift to the city's ruler.

5. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?
(a) Zirma.
(b) Zora.
(c) Isaura.
(d) Tamara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Polo first communicates with Khan, the emperor is able to:

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

4. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."

5. When the people of Chloe pass each other in the street, what do they do?

(see the answer key)

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