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Invisible Cities Quiz

Italo Calvino
This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Invisible Cities.

Invisible Cities Quiz

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1)

How does Polo describe the people of Chloe? (from Chapter 3)

Everyone here is a teacher of some type.
They are most welcoming to newcomers.
Great warriors train here.
They are strangers to each other.
2)

Every change made in the city of Andria is reflected where? (from Chapter 9)

Its sister city.
The sky.
Its lake.
Its underground counterpart.
3)

What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales? (from Chapter 4)

Breaking down the cities so the emperor can see them completely.
Fabricating stories about the cities to make them more beautiful than they are.
Turning the cities into dreams born from imagination.
Treating each city as if it was a separate star in the night sky.
4)

Polo says that each action in Valdrada is inverted in: (from Chapter 3)

The future.
Its monthly plays.
Another dimension.
Its mirror image.
5)

If a traveler walks into Zemrude with his head held high, how does he see the city? (from Chapter 4)

Through a mist.
Directly in front.
From below.
Vibrant.
6)

What do the residents of Ersilia do? (from Chapter 5)

Build fantastic stringed instuments.
Stretch strings from the corners of their houses.
Hang strings from the their ceilings.
Tie strings around their trees.
7)

Raissa is an unhappy city that contains what? (from Chapter 9)

A museum that displays the melancholy of the past and the uncertainty of the future.
A blueprint to the heart of every resident.
An art collection that's visible to residents and invisible to travelers.
A happy city that's unaware of its own existence.
8)

Marozia consists of the city of the rat and the city of the: (from Chapter 9)

Raven.
Owl.
Swallow.
Eagle.
9)

What is Octavia known as? (from Chapter 5)

The land of lost dreams.
The city of mist.
Home of the forgotten children.
The spider-web city.
10)

When Khan accuses Polo of lying about the state of his empire, what does Polo say? (from Chapter 4)

He has embellished every story in order to make it more appealing for the emperor.
If the emperor does not want to hear the truth, then Polo's travels and tales will end.
He agrees the empire is sick and explains that is why he travels to the distant places.
He insists that he has never, and never will, lie to the emperor.
11)

What does Polo describe Eusapia as? (from Chapter 7)

Cold.
Unreliable.
Disciplined.
Carefree.
12)

Who are the Penates and the Lares? (from Chapter 5)

The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
The guardians of Baucis.
The two main tribes of Ersilia.
The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.
13)

What is Eutropia composed of? (from Chapter 4)

One large city surrounding a smaller city.
A number of equally sized cities.
Island cities within a vast lake.
Three cities separated from each other by a lake.
14)

If a traveler to Thekla asks why the construction is never done, what answer will he hear? (from Chapter 8)

So that the destruction can't start.
Nobody knows why.
In order to confuse the spirits.
They are waiting for the architect to return.
15)

Khan tells Polo about his dreams of a city where the farewells from its harbor are what? (from Chapter 3)

Indifferent.
Joyous and celebratory.
Insincere.
Tearful but silent.
16)

What does the hidden side of Moriana look like? (from Chapter 7)

An expanse of rusting sheet metal and pipes black with soot.
A wasteland of jagged rocks and tortured souls.
A golden altar to the gods of light and darkness.
A giant warehouse filled with travelers' broken dreams.
17)

Someone in Thekla will see what? (from Chapter 8)

Very little of the city.
Rows of empty flower pots.
A sea of signs.
Shadows drifting overhead.
18)

The people of Adelma remind Polo of what? (from Chapter 6)

Spoiled children.
Princes and princesses.
Friends and relatives who have died.
Overstuffed toads.
19)

In Laudomia, what do the citizens of the living seek from the dead? (from Chapter 9)

Peace and quiet.
Explanations.
Riches.
Forgiveness.
20)

What happens when one moves along the walls of Marozia? (from Chapter 9)

The stone walls turn into transparent glass.
A crack opens and a new city appears.
The walls sink into the ground.
The sky drops and one can reach the moon.
21)

When Khan tells Polo that he's dreamed of a city bathed in the light of the moon, what does Polo say? (from Chapter 5)

He dreamed of such as city, too.
This describes most cities Polo has seen.
Such a city would be a lonely place.
It is called Lalage.
22)

Can the reader tell with certainty whether or not Polo's many cities actually exist? (from Chapter 6)

No.
Only in a handful of cases.
Yes, in most cases.
Yes.
23)

Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are: (from Chapter 5)

Extraordinarily large and strong.
Similar in appearance to wolves.
Too tiny to be seen.
Winged and armed with dart guns.
24)

What is at the center of Moriana? (from Chapter 7)

An enormous hole plunging into the depths of the earth.
A strange contraption that controls the thoughts of its residents.
Nothing--the city only has front and back sides.
It is hard to tell--there is too much smoke everywhere.
25)

Where is the city of Valdrada built? (from Chapter 3)

On the shores of a lake.
In a fertile valley.
At the edge of a dense forest.
On the top of a mesa.
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