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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(b) It's the city Polo was just describing.
(c) He asks to not be interrupted again.
(d) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?
(a) Valdrada.
(b) Zobeide.
(c) Armilla.
(d) Zenobia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?

2. The people of Valdrada know their actions are repeated:

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

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

5. When the people of Chloe pass each other in the street, what do they do?

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