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Which statement best explains the author's perspective
about living in Hormuz?
Abg
Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco
Polo
Hormuz is a great and splendid city on the sea, governed
by a malik and with several cities and towns in subjection
to it. The people are Saracens who worship Mahomet. The
climate is excessively hot-so hot that the houses are
fitted with ventilators to catch the wind. The ventilators are
set to face the quarter from which the wind blows and let it
and let it
blow into the house. This they do because they cannot
endure the over-powering heat.
The author is confused by the hot climate and how the
people handle it.
The author is impressed by the hot climate and the
people's response to it.
The author wants to learn more about the worship of
Mahomet in Hormuz.
The author is surprised by the religious practice of the
people of Hormuz.
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