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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Kublai Khan listens to the reports of his envoys and tax collectors while walking through his garden, his messengers speak in languages that:
(a) Are understood only by members of royalty.
(b) They made up.
(c) He doesn't understand.
(d) He developed.

2. When Marco Polo meets with Kublai Khan, he:
(a) Requests money to be able to continue his travels.
(b) Describes cities that he's visited during his travels.
(c) Asks for a leadership position in the empire.
(d) Is worried that Khan will not approve of his stories.

3. Which is the city of a thousand wells, sitting above an underground lake?
(a) Isaura.
(b) Tamara.
(c) Zirma.
(d) Laura.

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

5. Whenever the emperor is in a good mood and says how splendid his empire is, he wants to know why Polo:
(a) Doesn't bring back more souvenirs.
(b) Focuses on inessential and disappointing things.
(c) Has stopped traveling.
(d) Criticizes the people of his empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Zenobia imagine when asked to describe a happy life?

2. Which city is described as a place where traitors are strung from lampposts and old men sit on docks, telling stories while mending fishing nets?

3. Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what?

4. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?

5. Which city stands on high pilings even though it sits on dry land?

(see the answer key)

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