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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Polo finds Khan seated at a chessboard, what does the emperor invite Polo to do?
(a) Sit and play a game with him.
(b) Have a cup of tea while Khan finishes his game.
(c) Use the chess pieces to describe cities he has visited.
(d) Teach him how to play the game.

3. In Argia, what are the streets filled with?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Frogs.

4. The more Khan listens to Polo's stories, the less certain he is that he is sitting in the garden or:
(a) Riding through places Polo describes.
(b) Sitting in a prison.
(c) Locked up in a mental health hospital.
(d) Dreaming in his sleep.

5. When families in Leandra move in to new houses, who follows them?
(a) Their protectors.
(b) Servants.
(c) Silent wanderers.
(d) Ghosts.

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

7. 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) Nobody knows why.
(c) They are waiting for the architect to return.
(d) In order to confuse the spirits.

8. Polo says that Clarice is:
(a) The most normal city he's ever visited.
(b) The future capital of the empire.
(c) A glorious city with a tormented history.
(d) A city of madmen and silent children.

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

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

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

12. 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 the new city.
(c) Building musical instruments.
(d) Decorating their homes and gardens.

13. What is one of Khan's biggest worries regarding his empire?
(a) It will be crushed under its own weight.
(b) It will be stolen from him.
(c) Its people will grow disillusioned.
(d) It will be forgotten by the rest of the world.

14. Polo tells Khan that it is possible the whole world is covered with what?
(a) Hope and despair.
(b) Wastelands and gardens.
(c) Illusions and dreams.
(d) Gold and dust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Looking at Argia from above, what does one see?

2. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?

3. What does Polo describe Eusapia as?

4. Who are the Penates and the Lares?

5. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?

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