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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. When Aethon arrives in Thessaly, how many young women does he see carrying baskets?

2. What does drunken Aethon see actors performing by Aristophanes that he mistakes as a real place?

3. How many needleworkers watch as Master Kalaphates takes all the gold and silver wire, pearls, and spools of silk and leaves Constantinople?

4. When was the Greek prose tale, Cloud Cuckoo Land, likely written?

5. In Mission Year 61, how old is Dr. Pori?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Diogenes claim about a manuscript he shares with his niece?

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

4. How does Anna learn to read?

5. Where does Konstance go when she is seven and three-quarters when she cannot sleep, and what do she and her father do there?

6. Who is Anna?

7. How does Aethon end up with bandits?

8. When and how is Zeno captured by the Chinese?

9. What does Aethon see and do in "Two"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suspense is a device authors use to create excitement, anxiety, or uncertainly about what will happen in a story. What would be some suspenseful scenes in the novel? How does Doerr create suspense in those sections of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Cloud Cuckoo Land what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 3

Widow Theodora, Anna, and Omeir make decisions when they realize Constantinople is about to fall. What decisions does each character make? Based on their decisions, are these characters cowards or realists?

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