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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the furthest city to which Polo has ever traveled?
(a) Eudoxia.
(b) Adelma.
(c) Pyrrha.
(d) Phyllis.

2. The people of Andria are prudent and:
(a) Self-centered.
(b) Self-pitying.
(c) Self-made.
(d) Self-confident.

3. Which of these is not a city described by Polo in Chapter 2?
(a) Maurilia.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Kublai.
(d) Euphemia.

4. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:
(a) Stares at Polo piercingly.
(b) Clears his throat loudly.
(c) Imagines Polo answering his questions.
(d) Weeps quietly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?

2. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?

3. In Laudomia, what do the citizens of the living seek from the dead?

4. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?

5. In Argia, what are the streets filled with?

(see the answer key)

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