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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Khan says that he has a model city in his mind, he explains that from that city, he can:
(a) Deduce all possible cities.
(b) Send Polo to every other city.
(c) Supply silk to the rest of his empire.
(d) Best rule his empire.

2. What's missing in Armilla?
(a) Roads.
(b) Law and order.
(c) A comprehensible language.
(d) Walls, ceilings, and floors.

3. The people of Valdrada know their actions are repeated:
(a) In the mirror image of the lake.
(b) By actors performing in monthly plays.
(c) In a parallel dimension.
(d) By their descendents.

4. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:
(a) Ponder the conversation.
(b) Listen to the wind chimes.
(c) Wait for food to be brought to them.
(d) Allow the assistants to speak.

5. In chapter 3, when the traveler and the emperor discuss a city Khan has imagined, what does Polo say about it?
(a) It will one day serve as the capital of the empire.
(b) It is nameless and has no location, existing only as a dream does.
(c) He explains to the emperor that this would be a very impractical city.
(d) Polo urges Khan to begin building it in the spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city has supposedly languished and deteriorated, forgotten by the earth?

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

3. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?

4. Maurilia was once:

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

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