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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) The blades of windmills.
(b) Clouds that bring rain.
(c) Statues and monuments.
(d) The top of the volcanic mountain.

2. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?
(a) If he resembles someone who is already dead to the people there.
(b) Why there are more men than women there.
(c) Where all the children have gone to.
(d) If those he encounters are real people or ghosts.

3. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) Euphemia.
(d) Euphrates.

4. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?
(a) Stay and relax for three days.
(b) Offer a gift to the city's ruler.
(c) Dine with the city's group of elders.
(d) Enjoy the current city while hearing of its past.

5. The various depictions of Fedora show what?
(a) An idealized version of the city.
(b) How the city appeared at different junctures in history.
(c) Particular sections of the city.
(d) What the city looks like at different times of the year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polo explain that Zemrude's form is based on?

2. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?

3. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?

4. Polo tells Khan that the second half of Sophronia is filled with what?

5. When a traveler arrives at Phyllis, what does he decide to do?

(see the answer key)

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