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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. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?
(a) This reminds him of a time from one of his past travels.
(b) His traveling days may soon come to an end.
(c) The setting they're in will affect how the tale is remembered.
(d) The cool air clears his mind and keeps him awake.

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

3. Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in:
(a) Its mirror image.
(b) Another dimension.
(c) Its monthly plays.
(d) The future.

4. Of what use are Polo's tales to the emperor?
(a) To help him connect to distant places he will never see.
(b) To keep him from getting depressed.
(c) To keep him calm and stable in light of financial troubles.
(d) To serve as nothing more than entertainment.

5. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?
(a) Breaking down the cities so the emperor can see them completely.
(b) Treating each city as if it was a separate star in the night sky.
(c) Fabricating stories about the cities to make them more beautiful than they are.
(d) Turning the cities into dreams born from imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:

3. What's missing in Armilla?

4. Why was the city on pilings built so high off the ground?

5. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Khan instructs Polo to find the city from his dreams that has a north-facing harbor from which ships regularly leave as the people ashore wave their last goodbyes, what does Polo say?

5. Even though Zobeide, the white city, was made from the dreams of many men of different nationalities, how do strangers see the place?

6. How is Maurilia connected to its past?

7. What special ability does the mirror image of Valdrada possess?

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

9. Describe the city of Zenobia.

10. How does Khan react upon growing impatient with Polo's stories?

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