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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each person in Melania is what?
(a) Regarded as both mother and father to everyone else.
(b) Tested at the age of five.
(c) Expected to understand existence.
(d) Born into a role.

2. Can the reader tell with certainty whether or not Polo's many cities actually exist?
(a) Yes, in most cases.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only in a handful of cases.

3. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?
(a) Polo is a complete mystery to him.
(b) He stops trusting Polo.
(c) He no longer wants to fund Polo's travels.
(d) He hears the longing in Polo's voice.

4. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?
(a) Fabricating stories about the cities to make them more beautiful than they are.
(b) Treating each city as if it was a separate star in the night sky.
(c) Turning the cities into dreams born from imagination.
(d) Breaking down the cities so the emperor can see them completely.

5. If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held down by grief, how will he see the city?
(a) Void of color.
(b) From above.
(c) Brilliantly lit.
(d) In decline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maurilia was once:

2. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?

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

4. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:

5. What does Polo say he gauges everywhere he travels to?

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