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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The guardians of Baucis.
(b) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.
(c) The two main tribes of Ersilia.
(d) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.

2. Someone in Thekla will see what?
(a) A sea of signs.
(b) Very little of the city.
(c) Rows of empty flower pots.
(d) Shadows drifting overhead.

3. The people of Lenia awaken each day and:
(a) Ready their kites for flying.
(b) Make a pilgrimage to the beach.
(c) Check their clocks for accuracy.
(d) Wash with unopened bars of soap.

4. Esmeralda is known as the city of what?
(a) Water.
(b) Promise.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Emeralds.

5. What is at the center of Moriana?
(a) An enormous hole plunging into the depths of the earth.
(b) It is hard to tell--there is too much smoke everywhere.
(c) Nothing--the city only has front and back sides.
(d) A strange contraption that controls the thoughts of its residents.

6. What does Polo say that Pyrrha represents for him?
(a) The ultimate in decadence.
(b) The picture of his childhood dreams.
(c) The perfect city.
(d) All the cities he's never seen.

7. What do the residents of Ersilia do?
(a) Stretch strings from the corners of their houses.
(b) Build fantastic stringed instuments.
(c) Hang strings from the their ceilings.
(d) Tie strings around their trees.

8. What does Polo describe Eusapia as?
(a) Unreliable.
(b) Cold.
(c) Disciplined.
(d) Carefree.

9. In Chapter 5, as Khan sits in his palace visualizing the growth of his empire, what does he see?
(a) More innovations coming from his empire's brightest minds.
(b) Conquered territories spreading further into other regions.
(c) Overpopulation leading to famine and disease.
(d) Warriors from the west coming to fight for his empire.

10. Octavia is full of:
(a) Ropes, chains, and catwalks.
(b) Translucent tents.
(c) Forgotten dreams.
(d) Towers, arches, and bells.

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

12. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?
(a) To teach him the basics of trade.
(b) To impress the emperor with gifts from afar.
(c) To explain the conditions of the empire.
(d) To pay for some of his travels.

13. Worried about his own empire, Khan begins to dream of cities that are:
(a) Just starting to grow.
(b) Light as feathers and transparent.
(c) Indestructible.
(d) Protected by solid stone walls.

14. When one listens to the ground in Argia, what does one hear?
(a) Music.
(b) The sound of engines.
(c) A bell ring.
(d) A door slam.

15. When Polo describes a bridge made of stone, Khan wants to know:
(a) Whether the stones are rough or smooth.
(b) How large the stones are.
(c) How many stones are in the bridge.
(d) Which stone supports the bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a traveler arriving to Baucis see?

2. If someone wants to see the blueprint for the city of Thekla, what will he be told?

3. In Esmeralda, who moves through the sewers with the rats?

4. Khan wonders why Polo never speaks of:

5. The people in the city of Irene are:

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