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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the city on pilings built so high off the ground?
(a) Because of high tides.
(b) Nobody remembers.
(c) For protection against seasonal floods.
(d) Because the previous ruler was mad.

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

3. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?
(a) Through the eyes of an old woman.
(b) By the skies each evening paints.
(c) Through the artist's paintbrush.
(d) In terms of youthful memory.

4. Polo tells Khan that the second half of Sophronia is filled with what?
(a) Gardens, statues, and fountains.
(b) Universities, observatories, and libraries.
(c) Factories, palaces, slaughterhouses, and schools.
(d) Markets, hen houses, silkworm farms, and poppy fields.

5. In the city with the large metal building in its center, what's inside each room of the building?
(a) A large, blue globe showing a different model of the city.
(b) Stores of food in case of famine.
(c) Scrolls that tell of the city's history.
(d) Statuettes in honor of the city's past leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?

2. If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held down by grief, how will he see the city?

3. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?

4. The "white city" described by Polo is:

5. Where do the people of Isaura find water?

(see the answer key)

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