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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?
(a) Isidora.
(b) Zaira.
(c) Anastasia.
(d) Zirma.

2. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?
(a) Palm trees and colorful tents.
(b) Feasting men and strong women.
(c) Noisy festivals and sleek sailboats.
(d) Flying dirigibles and tattoo parlors.

3. Polo explains that if he describes Olivia as rich in products and profits, the emperor should realize that:
(a) The city also contains fine palaces, exotic creatures, soot , grease, and desperation.
(b) Its people are well off and need to share their riches with others in the empire.
(c) Ash falls regularly on the streets and rivers from the efforts of its industrious people.
(d) It is one of the most prosperous and exotic cities in the empire.

4. What's missing in Armilla?
(a) Law and order.
(b) Roads.
(c) A comprehensible language.
(d) Walls, ceilings, and floors.

5. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?
(a) Better understand the hand gestures.
(b) Free himself from images.
(c) Learn a new set of written symbols.
(d) Spend at least two months there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:

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

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

5. What is Eutropia composed of?

(see the answer key)

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