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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo offers two vantage points of Zemrude; one includes:
(a) Windmills and bright flowers.
(b) Flapping curtains, fountains, and windowsills.
(c) Walls with gaping holes.
(d) Busy markets and bustling streets.

2. What is Eutropia composed of?
(a) One large city surrounding a smaller city.
(b) A number of equally sized cities.
(c) Three cities separated from each other by a lake.
(d) Island cities within a vast lake.

3. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:
(a) Gold and sea stones.
(b) Turquoise and tin.
(c) Onyx and agate.
(d) Silver and shells.

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

5. What does Polo say he gauges everywhere he travels to?
(a) Military strength of every location.
(b) Wealth of each region.
(c) The level of dissent in each city of the empire.
(d) Amount of happiness left in the empire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:

3. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

4. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?

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

(see the answer key)

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