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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?
(a) He wants to make it more challenging for Khan.
(b) He cannot speak Khan's language.
(c) He's eccentric and mischievous.
(d) He's too shy to speak directly to the emperor.

2. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?
(a) His traveling days may soon come to an end.
(b) The cool air clears his mind and keeps him awake.
(c) The setting they're in will affect how the tale is remembered.
(d) This reminds him of a time from one of his past travels.

3. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?
(a) To serve as nothing more than entertainment.
(b) To keep him calm and stable in light of financial troubles.
(c) To help him connect to distant places he will never see.
(d) To keep him from getting depressed.

4. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(b) Statues and monuments.
(c) Clouds that bring rain.
(d) The blades of windmills.

5. Which city stands on high pilings even though it sits on dry land?
(a) Zamoria.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Algoria.
(d) Chernobia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?

2. Polo gives Khan impressions of:

3. The various depictions of Fedora show what?

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

5. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:

(see the answer key)

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