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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?
(a) Prayer flags fluttering from rooftops.
(b) Young boys fishing with their bare hands in the river.
(c) Young women bathing in the many tubs and showers.
(d) Children flying colorful, dragon-shaped kites in the distance.

2. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?
(a) Spend at least two months there.
(b) Free himself from images.
(c) Learn a new set of written symbols.
(d) Better understand the hand gestures.

3. The people of Valdrada know their actions are repeated:
(a) By their descendents.
(b) By actors performing in monthly plays.
(c) In the mirror image of the lake.
(d) In a parallel dimension.

4. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?
(a) Armilla.
(b) Valdrada.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Zobeide.

5. The rules of Perinthia are based on what?
(a) Regulations from long ago.
(b) Flowers of the garden.
(c) Alignment of stars.
(d) Religious doctrine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leonia do on a daily basis?

3. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."

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

5. Berenice is made up of two cities, one just and the other unjust. What waits to blossom in the city of the unjust?

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