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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?
(a) A place where they are free to follow their interests.
(b) A city like their own.
(c) Enough food on the table.
(d) A good spouse and many children.

2. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) Euphrates.
(d) Euphemia.

3. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Zaira.
(c) Zirma.
(d) Isidora.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what do Khan's messengers warn of?
(a) Famines.
(b) Battles.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Polo gives Khan impressions of:

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

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

5. As Kublai Khan listens to the reports of his envoys and tax collectors while walking through his garden, his messengers speak in languages that:

(see the answer key)

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