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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:
(a) Signal the conversation to end immediately.
(b) Need to be left alone with his thoughts.
(c) Get up and storm off.
(d) Offer subtle cues that Polo needs to leave.

2. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:
(a) Gaudy and loud, with ridiculous artwork.
(b) Filled with beautiful items, including silver domed buildings and bronze statues.
(c) A quiet place full of intelligent, inquisitive people and lush gardens.
(d) Desperately in need of revitalization.

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

4. Which city has supposedly languished and deteriorated, forgotten by the earth?
(a) Zora.
(b) Isaura.
(c) Tamara.
(d) Zirma.

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:
(a) Are understood only by members of royalty.
(b) They made up.
(c) He doesn't understand.
(d) He developed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:

2. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?

3. When Marco Polo first tells his tales to Kublai Khan, he uses:

4. Polo gives Khan impressions of:

5. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, Khan is completely satisfied with Polo's explanations but still remembers what?

(see the answer key)

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