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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:
(a) Listen to the wind chimes.
(b) Ponder the conversation.
(c) Allow the assistants to speak.
(d) Wait for food to be brought to them.

2. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?
(a) Zaira.
(b) Diomira.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Despina.

3. When do merchants from many different nations gather at Euphemia to trade?
(a) Every full moon.
(b) The first of the year.
(c) Immediately following the harvest.
(d) Every solstice and equinox.

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) The blades of windmills.
(c) Statues and monuments.
(d) Clouds that bring rain.

5. This peninsular city can be reached by ship or camel, revealing itself to travelers by both land and sea:
(a) Tamara.
(b) Despina.
(c) Irma.
(d) Isaura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?

2. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?

3. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:

4. When Khan asks if he will finally be able to fully possess his empire after learning the meaning of all of Polo's symbols, the traveler replies that Khan:

5. The various depictions of Fedora show what?

(see the answer key)

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