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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most inhabitants of Eudoxia believe that the pattern of its carpet is:
(a) Of divine origin.
(b) Unparalleled in its complexity.
(c) Impossible to reproduce.
(d) Hopelessly baffling.

2. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?
(a) If those he encounters are real people or ghosts.
(b) If he resembles someone who is already dead to the people there.
(c) Why there are more men than women there.
(d) Where all the children have gone to.

3. What is at the center of Moriana?
(a) Nothing--the city only has front and back sides.
(b) A strange contraption that controls the thoughts of its residents.
(c) An enormous hole plunging into the depths of the earth.
(d) It is hard to tell--there is too much smoke everywhere.

4. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?
(a) Paintings of everything that has ever existed in the city.
(b) Nothing--the museums are empty.
(c) Only things of unsurpassed beauty.
(d) Random artifacts, such as baskets and urns.

5. How does Melania's population renew itself?
(a) Through the annual "Festival of Renewal."
(b) Through the acting out of an ongoing dialogue.
(c) By reciting vows at the start of each new year.
(d) By being reborn and living multiple lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses Polo about Armilla?

2. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:

3. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?

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

5. What items from his travels does Polo spread at the feet of Khan in Chapter 8?

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