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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone in Thekla will see what?
(a) Very little of the city.
(b) A sea of signs.
(c) Shadows drifting overhead.
(d) Rows of empty flower pots.

2. Can the reader tell with certainty whether or not Polo's many cities actually exist?
(a) Yes, in most cases.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only in a handful of cases.

3. When Khan asks if he will finally be able to fully possess his empire after learning the meaning of all of Polo's symbols, the traveler replies that Khan:
(a) Will be able to teach the symbols to his many children.
(b) Will then be an emblem among the emblems.
(c) Will be esteemed by every man, woman, and child in the empire.
(d) Will reach a state of great enlightenment.

4. Polo wants to inform the emperor how much darkness is out there by focusing on:
(a) Small glimmers of light.
(b) Remnants of past glory.
(c) Traitors and those who speak poison.
(d) The debauchery of each region.

5. To make the passing from life to death less abrupt, what have the people of Eusapia done?
(a) Developed a way for the living to accompany the dead halfway.
(b) Built special resonating chambers where the dead can still speak to the living.
(c) Built an underground city identical to the one above ground.
(d) Developed a system of surrounding the dying with laughter and merriment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Khan travels to visit Kin-sai, what does Polo do?

2. Where is the city of Valdrada built?

3. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?

4. Polo tells Khan that it is possible the whole world is covered with what?

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

(see the answer key)

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