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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creates connections between lives in Chloe?
(a) The fact that everyone is related to everyone else in some way.
(b) Something about their glances.
(c) The way everyone lives in close, tight-knit communities.
(d) The city's 103-year-old patriarch.

2. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?
(a) Tearful but silent.
(b) Joyous and celebratory.
(c) Insincere.
(d) Indifferent.

3. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:
(a) Demand greater pay.
(b) Request to go on more voyages.
(c) Be very precise in his descriptions.
(d) Be arrogant and disagreeable.

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

5. The various depictions of Fedora show what?
(a) Particular sections of the city.
(b) What the city looks like at different times of the year.
(c) How the city appeared at different junctures in history.
(d) An idealized version of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?

2. Khan's messengers advise him on the price of:

3. Polo offers two vantage points of Zemrude; one includes:

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

5. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the different models of the city of Fedora show?

2. In what way are the people of Chloe connected to each other?

3. Describe the gods in the two religions of Isaura.

4. What is the significance of the large metal building located at the center of Fedora?

5. How does Khan react to Polo's stories when he's feeling euphoric about his empire?

6. Why would you say the cities described by Polo in Chapter 3 have an especially dreamy quality about them?

7. What does Polo not know about Armilla?

8. How does Polo describe the young women of Armilla?

9. In what way is Tamara a city of perceptions and symbols?

10. Explain why Polo says that one cannot forget the city of Zora.

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