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

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) Statues and monuments.
(b) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(c) Clouds that bring rain.
(d) The blades of windmills.

2. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:
(a) Request to go on more voyages.
(b) Demand greater pay.
(c) Be arrogant and disagreeable.
(d) Be very precise in his descriptions.

3. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?
(a) Everyone here is a teacher of some type.
(b) Great warriors train here.
(c) They are strangers to each other.
(d) They are most welcoming to newcomers.

4. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Zora.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Anastasia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:

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

3. What confuses Polo about Armilla?

4. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?

5. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?

(see the answer key)

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