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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When describing the cities of Eutropia, Polo explains that:
(a) Each one is ruled by a benevolent elder.
(b) Its inhabitants are unusually tall.
(c) Only one is inhabited at a time.
(d) All were once destroyed by a large earthquake.

2. The "white city" described by Polo is:
(a) Based on the dream of many men.
(b) Accessible by sea only.
(c) Built with seashells and white stones.
(d) Surrounded by a tall, whitewashed wall.

3. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?
(a) Markets selling the riches of the world.
(b) An observatory with a large telescope and wise astrologers.
(c) A fair with a roller coaster, carousel, and ferris wheel.
(d) Tent cities with the poorest of the poor.

4. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:
(a) Be very precise in his descriptions.
(b) Request to go on more voyages.
(c) Demand greater pay.
(d) Be arrogant and disagreeable.

5. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?
(a) Zoroastria.
(b) Zapata.
(c) Zobeide.
(d) Zoey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?

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

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

4. In order to really understand the language of Hypatia, what must Polo do?

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

(see the answer key)

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