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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Octavia known as?
(a) The spider-web city.
(b) The land of lost dreams.
(c) Home of the forgotten children.
(d) The city of mist.

2. Who are honored throughout Leonia?
(a) Street cleaners.
(b) Travelers.
(c) Clock makers.
(d) Elders.

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

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

5. In Eusapia, what is there really is no way of knowing anymore?
(a) How long its underground counterpart has existed.
(b) Who is alive and who is dead.
(c) Whether or not the dead truly are communicating with the living.
(d) How long the city has existed.

6. As Polo studies the wood of Khan's chessboard, what does he point out?
(a) Its rich red color.
(b) Its natural flaws.
(c) That it's getting late.
(d) That they've not had dinner yet.

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

8. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?
(a) Polo is a complete mystery to him.
(b) He stops trusting Polo.
(c) He no longer wants to fund Polo's travels.
(d) He hears the longing in Polo's voice.

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

10. In Clarice, people take parts of the old city and use them in different ways for what?
(a) Creating tools for growing crops and hunting.
(b) Building musical instruments.
(c) Building the new city.
(d) Decorating their homes and gardens.

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

12. The form of the city of Eudoxia is preserved in a carpet. When someone who is lost stares at this carpet, what happens?
(a) One enters a state of deep sleep.
(b) One becomes hopelessly lost.
(c) A guide appears to lead the lost sojourner home.
(d) The carpet reveals the exact street on which one stands.

13. In Chapter 8, Khan is on the verge of:
(a) Understanding the rise and fall of a city.
(b) Growing impatient with Polo and his stories.
(c) Appointing a new emperor.
(d) A nervous breakdown.

14. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?
(a) He frequently spots Polo entertaining friends in Khan's city.
(b) It appears Polo has never moved from Khan's garden.
(c) Polo is too busy writing down his travel accounts.
(d) Polo is too busy with his job of head counselor.

15. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?
(a) Time.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Victories.
(d) Relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esmeralda layered with?

2. In Chapter 6, Polo claims that he's reached the point where, in the number of people he has known:

3. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?

4. When Polo describes a bridge made of stone, Khan wants to know:

5. Clarice is known for its cycle of death and rebirth and:

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