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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?
(a) Random artifacts, such as baskets and urns.
(b) Only things of unsurpassed beauty.
(c) Paintings of everything that has ever existed in the city.
(d) Nothing--the museums are empty.

2. The people of Baucis have:
(a) Incomparable courage and determination.
(b) Everything they need in the clouds.
(c) Nothing left in their storage silos.
(d) A desire to share their knowledge with their neighbors.

3. What do the people of Beersheba believe?
(a) Another Beersheba exists, suspended in the heavens.
(b) They are descended from ancient gods.
(c) They are living in a dream.
(d) Their emperor favors Beersheba above all other cities.

4. In Hypatia, when Polo wants to see the sultan at the palace, who is he allowed to question instead?
(a) The second in command.
(b) Servants.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) The sultan's shoemaker.

5. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The mathematics behind its architecture.
(c) The nature of changing language.
(d) The essence of spiritual existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?

2. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?

3. When Khan tells Polo that he's dreamed of a city bathed in the light of the moon, what does Polo say?

4. How does Melania's population renew itself?

5. What is Octavia known as?

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