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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Esmeralda layered with?
(a) Sturdy canvas covers of many colors.
(b) Stairs, landings, and bridges.
(c) Terraces and rice fields.
(d) Flower-covered windowsills and green rooftops.

3. Which city is described as having buildings with spiral staircases and with spiral seashells encrusted in the staircases?
(a) Isidora.
(b) Diomira.
(c) Anastasia.
(d) Dorothea.

4. In Esmeralda, who moves through the sewers with the rats?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) The cleaning crew.
(c) Conspirators and smugglers.
(d) Lepers.

5. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(b) Clouds that bring rain.
(c) The blades of windmills.
(d) Statues and monuments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo explains that if he describes Olivia as rich in products and profits, the emperor should realize that:

2. Who are the Penates and the Lares?

3. When one leaves Zenobia and travels for six days and seven nights, where would one end up?

4. How does Polo describe the city of Olinda?

5. When families in Leandra move in to new houses, who follows them?

(see the answer key)

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