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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:
2. Polo explains that if he describes Olivia as rich in products and profits, the emperor should realize that:
3. Polo says that Zaira is defined by:
4. When Polo first communicates with Khan, the emperor is able to:
5. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?
Short Essay Questions
1. Khan and Polo each envision model cities. From these models, what are the two men able to deduce?
2. How does the information provided to Khan by his other messengers differ from what Polo shares?
3. Why does Polo say that it is best to visit Diomira on a September evening?
4. In what way are the people of Chloe connected to each other?
5. Why does Kublai Khan listen to Marco Polo's fantastic stories about cities he's visited?
6. How does Khan react to Polo's stories when he's feeling euphoric about his empire?
7. Why does Polo say its pointless to try to describe the city of Zaira?
8. Describe life in Eutropia, which is made up of many individual cities of equal size.
9. What is it about Anastasia that it would make slaves of men?
10. Describe the city of Zenobia.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Khan alternates between being pessimistic and being optimistic about his empire.
1) What concerns and hopes does Khan have about his empire? Cite specific examples.
2) How do Polo's stories fuel or soothe the emperor's worries and ambitions?
3) Seeing Khan at odds with himself, how does Polo use this opportunity to expand the emperor's understanding of the cities within his empire?
Essay Topic 2
Part 1) What does Polo stand to gain by sharing stories about the empire's cities with Khan? What might he lose?
Part 2) How does Khan benefit from the information provided by Polo? Does it affect his ruling style in any way? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Part 1) Why does Polo filter his stories through his memories of Venice? Why is it important for him to connect his stories of Khan's cities to some aspect of Venice? What does he gain from doing this?
Part 2) How does Emperor Khan react to the notion that Polo's accounts of his empire's cities are colored by his memories of Venice? Does it bother him in any way? Why or why not?
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