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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Khan travels to visit Kin-sai, what does Polo do?
(a) Warns him not to go.
(b) Stays behind.
(c) Congratulates him.
(d) Accompanies him.

3. Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are:
(a) Too tiny to be seen.
(b) Winged and armed with dart guns.
(c) Similar in appearance to wolves.
(d) Extraordinarily large and strong.

4. When a traveler arrives at Phyllis, what does he decide to do?
(a) Dance, sing, and eat.
(b) Relax in the public baths.
(c) Sleep by day and explore by night.
(d) Stay there for the rest of his life.

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

6. As the two men sit smoking their pipes, does Khan actually confront Polo?
(a) It's not clear whether this actually happens or Khan only imagines it.
(b) No, Khan never confronts Polo.
(c) Yes, Khan definitely confronts Polo.
(d) The whole sequence is just Khan's dream.

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

8. In Chapter 6, Polo claims that he's reached the point where, in the number of people he has known:
(a) His friends outnumber his enemies.
(b) The dead outnumber the living.
(c) Very few are worth remembering.
(d) He recalls all faces but few names.

9. If a traveler to Thekla asks why the construction is never done, what answer will he hear?
(a) So that the destruction can't start.
(b) They are waiting for the architect to return.
(c) In order to confuse the spirits.
(d) Nobody knows why.

10. Most inhabitants of Eudoxia believe that the pattern of its carpet is:
(a) Unparalleled in its complexity.
(b) Hopelessly baffling.
(c) Impossible to reproduce.
(d) Of divine origin.

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

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

13. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?
(a) A golden altar to the gods of light and darkness.
(b) An expanse of rusting sheet metal and pipes black with soot.
(c) A giant warehouse filled with travelers' broken dreams.
(d) A wasteland of jagged rocks and tortured souls.

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

15. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?
(a) Where all the children have gone to.
(b) Why there are more men than women there.
(c) If those he encounters are real people or ghosts.
(d) If he resembles someone who is already dead to the people there.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Khan studies the wood of his chessboard, Polo begins to talk of:

2. Who are honored throughout Leonia?

3. How does Melania's population renew itself?

4. As Polo studies the wood of Khan's chessboard, what does he point out?

5. How does Polo describe Moriana?

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