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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?
(a) A fair with a roller coaster, carousel, and ferris wheel.
(b) Markets selling the riches of the world.
(c) An observatory with a large telescope and wise astrologers.
(d) Tent cities with the poorest of the poor.

2. Polo gives Khan impressions of:
(a) What other leaders think of him.
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) The financial state of the empire.
(d) His cities and their inhabitants.

3. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?
(a) Everyone here is a teacher of some type.
(b) They are strangers to each other.
(c) Great warriors train here.
(d) They are most welcoming to newcomers.

4. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Zora.
(d) Anastasia.

5. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?
(a) Invite each other for a visit.
(b) Bow repeatedly.
(c) Move away without stopping.
(d) Approach to shake hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?

2. Polo wants to inform the emperor how much darkness is out there by focusing on:

3. If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held high, how does he see the city?

4. Polo offers two vantage points of Zemrude; one includes:

5. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?

(see the answer key)

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