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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Polo speaks of a city, he speaks:
(a) With an air of great authority.
(b) With a stutter.
(c) Only what he thinks the emperor wants to hear.
(d) Of his own perceptions of the city.

2. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The nature of changing language.
(c) The essence of spiritual existence.
(d) The mathematics behind its architecture.

3. In Esmeralda, people can choose to travel by:
(a) Flying ships or water vessels.
(b) Foot or rickshaw.
(c) Land or boat.
(d) Camel or horse.

4. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?
(a) Curry powder and white and green tea.
(b) Gunpowder and fireworks.
(c) Silk fabrics as well as silk worms.
(d) Poppy seeds, grain, and nutmeg.

5. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?
(a) That each city exists outside of its inhabitants and location.
(b) That there is good and bad within each city.
(c) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(d) That not every city within the empire is relevant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are:

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

3. In Chapter 8, Khan is on the verge of:

4. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?

5. When Khan says that he has a model city in his mind, he explains that from that city, he can:

(see the answer key)

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