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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?
(a) Polo urges Khan to begin building it in the spring.
(b) It will one day serve as the capital of the empire.
(c) He explains to the emperor that this would be a very impractical city.
(d) It is nameless and has no location, existing only as a dream does.

2. Polo wants to inform the emperor how much darkness is out there by focusing on:
(a) The debauchery of each region.
(b) Remnants of past glory.
(c) Traitors and those who speak poison.
(d) Small glimmers of light.

3. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?
(a) Stay and relax for three days.
(b) Offer a gift to the city's ruler.
(c) Enjoy the current city while hearing of its past.
(d) Dine with the city's group of elders.

4. What confuses Polo about Armilla?
(a) Where its source of water is located.
(b) He doesn't know whether it's unfinished or has been demolished.
(c) He can't tell if the people are welcoming him or waiting for him to leave.
(d) Why everyone living here is so young.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?

2. When Khan accuses Polo of lying about the state of his empire, what does Polo say?

3. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?

4. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

5. When Khan describes cities to Polo, what does he tell Polo to do?

(see the answer key)

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