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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?
(a) The setting they're in will affect how the tale is remembered.
(b) This reminds him of a time from one of his past travels.
(c) His traveling days may soon come to an end.
(d) The cool air clears his mind and keeps him awake.

2. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?
(a) That each city exists outside of its inhabitants and location.
(b) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(c) That there is good and bad within each city.
(d) That not every city within the empire is relevant.

3. When Marco Polo meets with Kublai Khan, he:
(a) Asks for a leadership position in the empire.
(b) Describes cities that he's visited during his travels.
(c) Requests money to be able to continue his travels.
(d) Is worried that Khan will not approve of his stories.

4. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?
(a) Being in a far off land.
(b) Being in the emperor's shoes.
(c) Answering the emperor's questions.
(d) What life would be like had he not met the emperor.

5. What is Octavia known as?
(a) The city of mist.
(b) The land of lost dreams.
(c) The spider-web city.
(d) Home of the forgotten children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eutropia composed of?

2. 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?

3. When Polo speaks of Zemrude, one of the views he offers is filled with:

4. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:

5. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?

(see the answer key)

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