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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each person in Melania is what?
(a) Born into a role.
(b) Tested at the age of five.
(c) Regarded as both mother and father to everyone else.
(d) Expected to understand existence.

2. The people of Baucis have:
(a) Everything they need in the clouds.
(b) A desire to share their knowledge with their neighbors.
(c) Incomparable courage and determination.
(d) Nothing left in their storage silos.

3. In Chapter 6, Polo claims that he's reached the point where, in the number of people he has known:
(a) The dead outnumber the living.
(b) His friends outnumber his enemies.
(c) He recalls all faces but few names.
(d) Very few are worth remembering.

4. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?
(a) Random artifacts, such as baskets and urns.
(b) Paintings of everything that has ever existed in the city.
(c) Nothing--the museums are empty.
(d) Only things of unsurpassed beauty.

5. Someone in Thekla will see what?
(a) Shadows drifting overhead.
(b) Rows of empty flower pots.
(c) A sea of signs.
(d) Very little of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are:

2. What is one of Khan's biggest worries regarding his empire?

3. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?

4. When one listens to the ground in Argia, what does one hear?

5. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Polo sees familiar faces in the city of Adelma, what does he start to wonder?

2. Why is it that someone arriving at Thekla will see very little of the city?

3. How do the people of Beersheba regard the heavenly version of their city?

4. How does Polo use the game of chess to help Khan better understand the cities of his empire?

5. Describe the two species that protect Leandra.

6. Describe the dialogue that Khan and Polo have regarding the arched bridge made of stone.

7. What eventually happens to travelers who decide to stay in Phyllis to discover all of its secrets?

8. Describe the two sides of the city of Moriana.

9. Describe the significance of the strings in the city of Ersilia.

10. When people get lost in Eudoxia, what do they look at to find their bearings?

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