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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 Konstance travels in the Atlas finding owls and the things they disguised, how many miles does she walk?

2. How many books of the Iliad does Zeno translate?

3. In September 2019, how often do collection agencies call Bunny's phone?

4. What does Mathilda say they do in the daytime at Bishop's camp?

5. When Himerius is drafted into Constantinople's stop-gap naval defenses, how many other oarsmen work with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Anna find herself after the skiff overturns?

2. What does Anna smell the next morning when she pushes her way through a forest?

3. As the seige of Constantinople continues, what does Anna do in the evenings after she settles Maria in their cell?

4. How does Seymour get internet for the computer Bunny buys him?

5. What does Zeno realize he will need to tell people about his captivity in Korea?

6. How does Anna leave Constantinople?

7. What does Konstance remember when she is about to give up?

8. What does Zeno learn by working with the children on a play about Aethon?

9. What happens when Konstance is in the Atlas and touches a return book drop outside the Lakeport Public Library?

10. What does Konstance see in the library after she awakes in Vault One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Cloud Cuckoo Land, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Zeno is a prisoner of war in Korea. What friendships does Zeno make in the prison camp? How do those friendships help him survive?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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