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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:
(a) Desperately in need of revitalization.
(b) Gaudy and loud, with ridiculous artwork.
(c) A quiet place full of intelligent, inquisitive people and lush gardens.
(d) Filled with beautiful items, including silver domed buildings and bronze statues.

2. What confuses Polo about Armilla?
(a) He doesn't know whether it's unfinished or has been demolished.
(b) Why everyone living here is so young.
(c) He can't tell if the people are welcoming him or waiting for him to leave.
(d) Where its source of water is located.

3. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?
(a) The way everyone lives in close, tight-knit communities.
(b) Something about their glances.
(c) The city's 103-year-old patriarch.
(d) The fact that everyone is related to everyone else in some way.

4. The form of the city of Eudoxia is preserved in a carpet. When someone who is lost stares at this carpet, what happens?
(a) A guide appears to lead the lost sojourner home.
(b) The carpet reveals the exact street on which one stands.
(c) One becomes hopelessly lost.
(d) One enters a state of deep sleep.

5. The people in the city of Irene are:
(a) Dwarfs.
(b) Giants.
(c) Trapped.
(d) Enlightened.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the city with the large metal building in its center, what's inside each room of the building?

2. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?

3. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?

4. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?

5. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?

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