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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the furthest city to which Polo has ever traveled?
(a) Eudoxia.
(b) Pyrrha.
(c) Adelma.
(d) Phyllis.

3. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?
(a) It appears Polo has never moved from Khan's garden.
(b) Polo is too busy writing down his travel accounts.
(c) He frequently spots Polo entertaining friends in Khan's city.
(d) Polo is too busy with his job of head counselor.

4. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
(b) The guardians of Baucis.
(c) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.
(d) The two main tribes of Ersilia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Esmeralda is known as the city of what?

2. When families in Leandra move in to new houses, who follows them?

3. What's missing in Armilla?

4. Which city stands on high pilings even though it sits on dry land?

5. Khan's messengers advise him on the price of:

(see the answer key)

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