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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Melania's population renew itself?
(a) By reciting vows at the start of each new year.
(b) Through the annual "Festival of Renewal."
(c) By being reborn and living multiple lives.
(d) Through the acting out of an ongoing dialogue.

2. To make the passing from life to death less abrupt, what have the people of Eusapia done?
(a) Developed a way for the living to accompany the dead halfway.
(b) Developed a system of surrounding the dying with laughter and merriment.
(c) Built special resonating chambers where the dead can still speak to the living.
(d) Built an underground city identical to the one above ground.

3. When Polo describes a bridge made of stone, Khan wants to know:
(a) How many stones are in the bridge.
(b) Whether the stones are rough or smooth.
(c) Which stone supports the bridge.
(d) How large the stones are.

4. Polo tells Khan that he feels this way about the things he saw in Hypatia:
(a) Frightened.
(b) Cheated.
(c) Uplifted.
(d) Entranced.

5. What do the people of Beersheba believe?
(a) Their emperor favors Beersheba above all other cities.
(b) They are living in a dream.
(c) Another Beersheba exists, suspended in the heavens.
(d) They are descended from ancient gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polo tells Khan that it is possible the whole world is covered with what?

2. In Chapter 5, as Khan sits in his palace visualizing the growth of his empire, what does he see?

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

4. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?

5. What does Khan dream his lands are filled with?

(see the answer key)

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