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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. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."
(a) One of the servants.
(b) The sultan's eldest son.
(c) One of the philosphers.
(d) The sultan.

2. Why does Polo initially rely on symbols to represent people and places?
(a) He's eccentric and mischievous.
(b) He cannot speak Khan's language.
(c) He wants to make it more challenging for Khan.
(d) He's too shy to speak directly to the emperor.

3. Where is the city of Valdrada built?
(a) At the edge of a dense forest.
(b) In a fertile valley.
(c) On the shores of a lake.
(d) On the top of a mesa.

4. Maurilia was once:
(a) Completely submerged under water.
(b) A completely different city with the same name.
(c) Thoroughly devastated by a flood.
(d) Ruled completely by matriarchs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the people of Chloe lock eyes with each other for a moment, what do they do?

2. Polo tells Khan that he feels this way about the things he saw in Hypatia:

3. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?

4. 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?

5. Whenever the emperor is in a good mood and says how splendid his empire is, he wants to know why Polo:

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Maurilia connected to its past?

2. What do the different models of the city of Fedora show?

3. When Khan instructs Polo to find the city from his dreams that has a north-facing harbor from which ships regularly leave as the people ashore wave their last goodbyes, what does Polo say?

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

5. Describe the gods in the two religions of Isaura.

6. What happens from time to time to the temporary part of the city of Sophronia?

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

8. What does Polo come to realize about language in Hypatia?

9. What is the significance of the evening breeze that Khan and Polo enjoy while conversing on the steps of the palace?

10. How does Khan react to Polo's stories when he's feeling euphoric about his empire?

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