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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Statues and monuments.
(d) The blades of windmills.

2. When Marco Polo meets with Kublai Khan, he:
(a) Asks for a leadership position in the empire.
(b) Describes cities that he's visited during his travels.
(c) Requests money to be able to continue his travels.
(d) Is worried that Khan will not approve of his stories.

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

4. Where do the people of Isaura find water?
(a) From dew that forms on plants.
(b) Wherever they dig.
(c) In the city's aqueducts and reservoirs.
(d) Atop the highest mountain.

5. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:
(a) Imagines Polo answering his questions.
(b) Stares at Polo piercingly.
(c) Clears his throat loudly.
(d) Weeps quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?

2. 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?

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

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

5. The various depictions of Fedora show what?

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