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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. How many people were born on the Argos?

2. The first time that Maria loses her sight, how long does it take for her vision to return?

3. How much older is Konstance's father than the other children's fathers on the Argos?

4. From what city are the Italians who buy the manuscripts Anna and Himerius find in the priory?

5. What type of cape does Omeir wear on the road to Edirne?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anna learn to read?

2. What does the inkeeper's maid where Aethon stays in Thessaly tell him?

3. In Folio H, why do the bandits decide not to throw Aethon the donkey off a cliff?

4. How does Zeno save his feet after he is captured by the Chinese?

5. Why does Anna start going to an abandoned priory with Himerius?

6. Why does Omeir worry about his Grandfather, mother, and sister surving the winter while he goes to Edirne?

7. Where is Omeir born, and what is different about him?

8. What is the Argos and what is its mission?

9. How does Konstance spend her tenth birthday?

10. What problems is Maria having after she hits her head on the stone floor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aethon’s story is fragmented. In what way is Aethon’s story literally and figuratively fragmented through Cloud Cuckoo Land? How does the story serve as a unifying element in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Aethon is on a personal quest and journey in Cloud Cuckoo Land. What is Aethon’s quest and where is he traveling? How do his quest and journey parallel those of Konstance, Zeno, Seymour, Anna, and Omeir?

Essay Topic 3

Zeno lives with Mrs. Boydstun after his father dies and when he returns from Korea. How does Zeno care for Mrs. Boydstun as she ages? What does the relationship he has with her reveal about his character?

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