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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:
(a) The relationship between its people and the beautiful gardens they tend.
(b) Its people, who are exquisitely beautiful yet age too quickly.
(c) Its relationships between measurements of its space and the events of its past.
(d) An imposing, gleaming white building in the central plaza.

3. Polo tells Khan that he feels this way about the things he saw in Hypatia:
(a) Cheated.
(b) Entranced.
(c) Uplifted.
(d) Frightened.

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

5. When Polo first communicates with Khan, the emperor is able to:
(a) Comprehend his unusual accent.
(b) Look interested despite being bored.
(c) Decipher his signs.
(d) Understand everything completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?

2. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?

3. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?

4. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?

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

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