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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?
(a) To pay for some of his travels.
(b) To teach him the basics of trade.
(c) To impress the emperor with gifts from afar.
(d) To explain the conditions of the empire.

2. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?
(a) That each city exists outside of its inhabitants and location.
(b) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(c) That not every city within the empire is relevant.
(d) That there is good and bad within each city.

3. Khan's messengers advise him on the price of:
(a) Materials found in his land holdings.
(b) New battle ships.
(c) Medicines imported from nearby regions.
(d) Purple cloth for his royal garments.

4. Khan wonders why Polo never speaks of:
(a) His past studies.
(b) Venice.
(c) His family.
(d) Tuscan.

5. The people of Baucis have:
(a) A desire to share their knowledge with their neighbors.
(b) Incomparable courage and determination.
(c) Everything they need in the clouds.
(d) Nothing left in their storage silos.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Clarice, people take parts of the old city and use them in different ways for what?

3. Polo gives Khan impressions of:

4. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?

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

(see the answer key)

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