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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Forty.

2. Which city has supposedly languished and deteriorated, forgotten by the earth?
(a) Zora.
(b) Isaura.
(c) Zirma.
(d) Tamara.

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

4. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Zora.
(c) Zirma.
(d) Isaura.

5. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:
(a) Onyx and agate.
(b) Gold and sea stones.
(c) Silver and shells.
(d) Turquoise and tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:

2. Polo gives Khan impressions of:

3. Why does Khan listen to Polo's stories so intently?

4. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?

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

(see the answer key)

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