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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."
(a) One of the philosphers.
(b) The sultan.
(c) One of the servants.
(d) The sultan's eldest son.

2. Which city is a gray stone metropolis with a large metal building in the center?
(a) Prada.
(b) Isadora.
(c) Fedora.
(d) Lenora.

3. As Khan studies the wood of his chessboard, Polo begins to talk of:
(a) Tattoos, flowers, and men with beards.
(b) Elephants, strong winds, and sunsets.
(c) A field of sunflowers, ships, and children fast asleep.
(d) An ebony forest , docks, and women at windows.

4. Polo tells Khan that the second half of Sophronia is filled with what?
(a) Universities, observatories, and libraries.
(b) Factories, palaces, slaughterhouses, and schools.
(c) Markets, hen houses, silkworm farms, and poppy fields.
(d) Gardens, statues, and fountains.

5. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?
(a) Answering the emperor's questions.
(b) Being in the emperor's shoes.
(c) Being in a far off land.
(d) What life would be like had he not met the emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?

2. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?

3. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?

4. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?

5. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?

(see the answer key)

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