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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The houses in Argia are filled with what?
(a) Tea pots.
(b) Clay.
(c) Gold.
(d) Lizards.

2. When the people of Chloe pass each other in the street, what do they do?
(a) Picture each other wearing different clothes.
(b) Imagine entire lives for each other.
(c) Bow deeply to each other.
(d) Stop to exchange warm greetings.

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

4. When Khan travels to visit Kin-sai, what does Polo do?
(a) Congratulates him.
(b) Stays behind.
(c) Warns him not to go.
(d) Accompanies him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

2. In Esmeralda, who moves through the sewers with the rats?

3. Whenever the emperor is in a good mood and says how splendid his empire is, he wants to know why Polo:

4. The people in the city of Irene are:

5. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?

(see the answer key)

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