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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 hours a day does Bishop say in a speech that adolescent mothers like Flora spend searching for and transporting water?

2. What is the date of the letter Zeno receives from Rex in 1970?

3. What type of garland is draped around Aethon's neck when he enters Cloud Cuckoo Land?

4. When Seymour first sees Bishop on Janet's smartphone, what type of mask is the man wearing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Zeno and the children do when Seymour goes upstairs?

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

4. Where does Omeir put Anna's things before he takes her home?

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

6. How does Seymour access someone when he is trying to reach Bishop?

7. What does Zeno do when Mrs. Boydstun dies?

8. During the siege of Constantinople, what happens to Himerius?

9. How do Omeir's oxen die?

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

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

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 3

Omeir is conscripted into the sultan’s army. How does Omeir feel about leaving home? Why is he homesick and how do his feelings affect him?

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