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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?
(a) The second in command.
(b) Servants.
(c) The sultan's shoemaker.
(d) Philosophers.

2. Polo tells Khan that it is possible the whole world is covered with what?
(a) Hope and despair.
(b) Illusions and dreams.
(c) Wastelands and gardens.
(d) Gold and dust.

3. What confuses Polo about Armilla?
(a) Why everyone living here is so young.
(b) Where its source of water is located.
(c) He doesn't know whether it's unfinished or has been demolished.
(d) He can't tell if the people are welcoming him or waiting for him to leave.

4. Polo gives Khan impressions of:
(a) What other leaders think of him.
(b) The financial state of the empire.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) His cities and their inhabitants.

5. What does Khan dream his lands are filled with?
(a) The brightest, most beautiful people.
(b) Innovative architecture.
(c) Promise and rich growth.
(d) Gold, silver, and bronze.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Polo say that Pyrrha represents for him?

3. In the city with the large metal building in its center, what's inside each room of the building?

4. Which city is a gray stone metropolis with a large metal building in the center?

5. When Marco Polo meets with Kublai Khan, he:

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