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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?
(a) Zaira.
(b) Diomira.
(c) Isidora.
(d) Despina.

2. Polo describes a city with two forms of religion. In one, the gods live in a subterranean lake. In the other, the gods live where?
(a) The top of the volcanic mountain.
(b) The blades of windmills.
(c) Statues and monuments.
(d) Clouds that bring rain.

3. When the emperor tells Polo that he's dreamed up a city and describes it, what does Polo reply?
(a) He praises the emperor's wit and imagination.
(b) He asks to not be interrupted again.
(c) It's the most fantastic city Polo has ever heard of.
(d) It's the city Polo was just describing.

4. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?
(a) Treating each city as if it was a separate star in the night sky.
(b) Turning the cities into dreams born from imagination.
(c) Breaking down the cities so the emperor can see them completely.
(d) Fabricating stories about the cities to make them more beautiful than they are.

5. Once Polo is able to speak a language that Khan understands, he can:
(a) Request to go on more voyages.
(b) Be arrogant and disagreeable.
(c) Demand greater pay.
(d) Be very precise in his descriptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polo see rising vertically in Armilla?

2. When he is quiet, what does Polo sometimes imagine?

3. After Khan sends Polo on many missions, Polo learns:

4. What's missing in Armilla?

5. According to Polo, what is found in half of Sophronia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe life in Eutropia, which is made up of many individual cities of equal size.

2. What is the significance of the large metal building located at the center of Fedora?

3. Khan and Polo each envision model cities. From these models, what are the two men able to deduce?

4. What special ability does the mirror image of Valdrada possess?

5. Why does Polo say its pointless to try to describe the city of Zaira?

6. In what way is Tamara a city of perceptions and symbols?

7. How does Polo describe the young women of Armilla?

8. How does Khan react upon growing impatient with Polo's stories?

9. Explain why Polo says that one cannot forget the city of Zora.

10. How does the information provided to Khan by his other messengers differ from what Polo shares?

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