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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?
(a) Noisy festivals and sleek sailboats.
(b) Flying dirigibles and tattoo parlors.
(c) Feasting men and strong women.
(d) Palm trees and colorful tents.

5. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?
(a) They are most welcoming to newcomers.
(b) Everyone here is a teacher of some type.
(c) Great warriors train here.
(d) They are strangers to each other.

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

7. Which of these is not a city described by Polo in Chapter 2?
(a) Maurilia.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Kublai.
(d) Euphemia.

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

9. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?
(a) By the skies each evening paints.
(b) Through the artist's paintbrush.
(c) In terms of youthful memory.
(d) Through the eyes of an old woman.

10. Khan's messengers advise him on the price of:
(a) New battle ships.
(b) Purple cloth for his royal garments.
(c) Medicines imported from nearby regions.
(d) Materials found in his land holdings.

11. 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) Gardens, statues, and fountains.
(d) Markets, hen houses, silkworm farms, and poppy fields.

12. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) The blades of windmills.
(b) Clouds that bring rain.
(c) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(d) Statues and monuments.

13. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:
(a) Listen to the wind chimes.
(b) Allow the assistants to speak.
(c) Ponder the conversation.
(d) Wait for food to be brought to them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing the cities of Eutropia, Polo explains that:

2. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

3. Polo explains that if he describes Olivia as rich in products and profits, the emperor should realize that:

4. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?

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

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