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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What tangible items do merchants trade in Euphemia?
(a) Poppy seeds, grain, and nutmeg.
(b) Curry powder and white and green tea.
(c) Silk fabrics as well as silk worms.
(d) Gunpowder and fireworks.

4. Khan's messengers advise him on the price of:
(a) Purple cloth for his royal garments.
(b) New battle ships.
(c) Medicines imported from nearby regions.
(d) Materials found in his land holdings.

5. 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?
(a) Zaira.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Zirma.

6. In Armilla, what is one likely to catch a glimpse of?
(a) Children flying colorful, dragon-shaped kites in the distance.
(b) Prayer flags fluttering from rooftops.
(c) Young boys fishing with their bare hands in the river.
(d) Young women bathing in the many tubs and showers.

7. Why does Khan listen to Polo's stories so intently?
(a) He's looking for clues to help him better rule his empire.
(b) He is starved for entertainment.
(c) He will never have the chance to travel to all of these places.
(d) It stirs his imagination and gives him incentive to continue ruling.

8. At Euphemia, how many different nations gather to trade?
(a) Forty.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

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

10. Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in:
(a) Another dimension.
(b) Its monthly plays.
(c) The future.
(d) Its mirror image.

11. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:
(a) The cooking techniques of the Mongols.
(b) The language of the Tartars.
(c) How to sail virtually any type of ship.
(d) To become an expert negotiator.

12. Polo states that Dorothea can be described by its canals, towers, people, and history, or how else?
(a) Through the eyes of an old woman.
(b) By the skies each evening paints.
(c) Through the artist's paintbrush.
(d) In terms of youthful memory.

13. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?
(a) Being in a far off land.
(b) Being in the emperor's shoes.
(c) What life would be like had he not met the emperor.
(d) Answering the emperor's questions.

14. Polo understands that when he has irritated Khan, the emperor will:
(a) Need to be left alone with his thoughts.
(b) Get up and storm off.
(c) Signal the conversation to end immediately.
(d) Offer subtle cues that Polo needs to leave.

15. What does Polo's recollection of the city of Zirma include?
(a) Noisy festivals and sleek sailboats.
(b) Feasting men and strong women.
(c) Palm trees and colorful tents.
(d) Flying dirigibles and tattoo parlors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anastasia is described as being full of precious and mundane objects such as:

2. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?

3. What's missing in Armilla?

4. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?

5. Which is the city of perceptions and symbols, where items are valuable because of what they represent, not what they really are?

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