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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 city like their own.
(b) A good spouse and many children.
(c) Enough food on the table.
(d) A place where they are free to follow their interests.

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

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

4. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:
(a) Turquoise and tin.
(b) Silver and shells.
(c) Gold and sea stones.
(d) Onyx and agate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?

3. Maurilia was once:

4. Why was the city on pilings built so high off the ground?

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

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