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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?
(a) Servants.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) The sultan's shoemaker.
(d) The second in command.

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

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) Zirma.
(b) Zaira.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Anastasia.

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

5. Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in:
(a) Its mirror image.
(b) Its monthly plays.
(c) The future.
(d) Another dimension.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what do Khan's messengers warn of?

4. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?

5. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

(see the answer key)

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