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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Kublai Khan listens to the reports of his envoys and tax collectors while walking through his garden, his messengers speak in languages that:
(a) They made up.
(b) He doesn't understand.
(c) Are understood only by members of royalty.
(d) He developed.

2. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Forty.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

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

4. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:
(a) The relationship between its people and the beautiful gardens they tend.
(b) Its people, who are exquisitely beautiful yet age too quickly.
(c) Its relationships between measurements of its space and the events of its past.
(d) An imposing, gleaming white building in the central plaza.

5. 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:
(a) Will be esteemed by every man, woman, and child in the empire.
(b) Will then be an emblem among the emblems.
(c) Will be able to teach the symbols to his many children.
(d) Will reach a state of great enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:

3. Maurilia was once:

4. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?

5. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

(see the answer key)

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