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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 does Polo say he gauges everywhere he travels to?
(a) Wealth of each region.
(b) Military strength of every location.
(c) Amount of happiness left in the empire.
(d) The level of dissent in each city of the empire.

2. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) It's the city Polo was just describing.
(b) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(c) He asks to not be interrupted again.
(d) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.

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

4. Polo tells Khan that the second half of Sophronia is filled with what?
(a) Factories, palaces, slaughterhouses, and schools.
(b) Gardens, statues, and fountains.
(c) Markets, hen houses, silkworm farms, and poppy fields.
(d) Universities, observatories, and libraries.

5. When the emperor and the traveler grow quiet in order to reflect on what was just said, the emperor sometimes:
(a) Weeps quietly.
(b) Imagines Polo answering his questions.
(c) Clears his throat loudly.
(d) Stares at Polo piercingly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When strangers arrive to Zobeide, what impression do they have of the city?

2. When Marco Polo first tells his tales to Kublai Khan, he uses:

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

4. Polo first describes the city of Diomira to Khan as:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the evening breeze that Khan and Polo enjoy while conversing on the steps of the palace?

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

3. What does Polo come to realize about language in Hypatia?

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

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

6. Describe the city of Zenobia.

7. In Chapter 4, why does Polo dissect every city he describes to Khan?

8. Describe life in Eutropia, which is made up of many individual cities of equal size.

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

10. Why does Polo say its pointless to try to describe the city of Zaira?

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