View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, Khan is completely satisfied with Polo's explanations but still remembers what?
(a) That Polo used to lie to him.
(b) How ridiculous Polo looked when he used more gestures.
(c) The symbols and emblems Polo once used.
(d) To pretend to question Polo's accuracy.

2. The various depictions of Fedora show what?
(a) How the city appeared at different junctures in history.
(b) What the city looks like at different times of the year.
(c) Particular sections of the city.
(d) An idealized version of the city.

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

4. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?
(a) He cannot speak Khan's language.
(b) He wants to make it more challenging for Khan.
(c) He's too shy to speak directly to the emperor.
(d) He's eccentric and mischievous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do merchants from many different nations gather at Euphemia to trade?

2. 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?

3. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?

4. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 316 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample