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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
(b) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.
(c) The two main tribes of Ersilia.
(d) The guardians of Baucis.

2. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?
(a) To help him connect to distant places he will never see.
(b) To serve as nothing more than entertainment.
(c) To keep him calm and stable in light of financial troubles.
(d) To keep him from getting depressed.

3. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?
(a) He no longer wants to fund Polo's travels.
(b) He hears the longing in Polo's voice.
(c) He stops trusting Polo.
(d) Polo is a complete mystery to him.

4. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Diomira.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Anastasia.

5. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:
(a) Turquoise and tin.
(b) Silver and shells.
(c) Gold and sea stones.
(d) Onyx and agate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?

2. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

3. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

4. Khan wonders why Polo never speaks of:

5. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?

(see the answer key)

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