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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do merchants from many different nations gather at Euphemia to trade?
(a) Immediately following the harvest.
(b) Every full moon.
(c) The first of the year.
(d) Every solstice and equinox.

2. Someone traveling to Maurilia will be invited to what?
(a) Offer a gift to the city's ruler.
(b) Stay and relax for three days.
(c) Enjoy the current city while hearing of its past.
(d) Dine with the city's group of elders.

3. When Marco Polo first tells his tales to Kublai Khan, he uses:
(a) Gestures and pantomimes.
(b) A language Khan developed.
(c) Large words to impress Khan.
(d) An interpreter.

4. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:
(a) To become an expert negotiator.
(b) The cooking techniques of the Mongols.
(c) How to sail virtually any type of ship.
(d) The language of the Tartars.

5. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?
(a) Enough food on the table.
(b) A good spouse and many children.
(c) A city like their own.
(d) A place where they are free to follow their interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?

2. The various depictions of Fedora show what?

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

4. Which of these is not a city described by Polo in Chapter 2?

5. Maurilia was once:

(see the answer key)

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