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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) For protection against seasonal floods.
(b) Because of high tides.
(c) Nobody remembers.
(d) Because the previous ruler was mad.

2. When strangers arrive to Zobeide, what impression do they have of the city?
(a) They do not understand what drew people here.
(b) It looks like a piece of heaven.
(c) They've seen this place before in their dreams.
(d) They feel a deep longing in their hearts.

3. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:
(a) Desperately in need of revitalization.
(b) Filled with beautiful items, including silver domed buildings and bronze statues.
(c) A quiet place full of intelligent, inquisitive people and lush gardens.
(d) Gaudy and loud, with ridiculous artwork.

4. The people of Valdrada know their actions are repeated:
(a) In a parallel dimension.
(b) By actors performing in monthly plays.
(c) In the mirror image of the lake.
(d) By their descendents.

5. What does Polo see rising vertically in Armilla?
(a) Columns that hold nothing up.
(b) Tall, slender windmills.
(c) Stacks of seashells.
(d) Pipes where the houses should be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

2. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:

3. Whenever the emperor is in a good mood and says how splendid his empire is, he wants to know why Polo:

4. What is Eutropia composed of?

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

(see the answer key)

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