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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?
(a) Zirma.
(b) Tamara.
(c) Isaura.
(d) Laura.

2. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?
(a) Young boys fishing with their bare hands in the river.
(b) Children flying colorful, dragon-shaped kites in the distance.
(c) Young women bathing in the many tubs and showers.
(d) Prayer flags fluttering from rooftops.

3. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Insincere.
(c) Tearful but silent.
(d) Joyous and celebratory.

4. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Euphrates.
(c) Eugenia.
(d) Euphemia.

5. Where is the city of Valdrada built?
(a) On the shores of a lake.
(b) In a fertile valley.
(c) On the top of a mesa.
(d) At the edge of a dense forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?

2. Polo tells Khan that he feels this way about the things he saw in Hypatia:

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

4. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?

5. Maurilia was once:

(see the answer key)

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