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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Polo lands at the furthest city to which he's ever traveled, he arrives when?
(a) In the middle of the city's festival of light.
(b) At the start of the harvest.
(c) During the hour of the wholesale fish market.
(d) At the solstice.

2. What does Polo say that Pyrrha represents for him?
(a) The picture of his childhood dreams.
(b) The perfect city.
(c) All the cities he's never seen.
(d) The ultimate in decadence.

3. Polo says that Clarice is:
(a) The future capital of the empire.
(b) A glorious city with a tormented history.
(c) The most normal city he's ever visited.
(d) A city of madmen and silent children.

4. Who are honored throughout Leonia?
(a) Clock makers.
(b) Travelers.
(c) Street cleaners.
(d) Elders.

5. If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held down by grief, how will he see the city?
(a) Brilliantly lit.
(b) Void of color.
(c) From above.
(d) In decline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Looking at Argia from above, what does one see?

2. What is the furthest city to which Polo has ever traveled?

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

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

5. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

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