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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. In Chapter 8, Khan comes to realize that knowledge of his empire can be found in:
(a) The hidden patterns on a chessboard.
(b) The hidden spaces between spoken words.
(c) The hidden places in his vast garden.
(d) The hidden clues in Polo's stories.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the Penates and the Lares?

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

4. To make the passing from life to death less abrupt, what have the people of Eusapia done?

5. As the two men sit smoking their pipes, does Khan actually confront Polo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Esmeralda, the city of water.

2. What eventually happens to travelers who decide to stay in Phyllis to discover all of its secrets?

3. Why is it that someone arriving at Thekla will see very little of the city?

4. How does Polo use the game of chess to help Khan better understand the cities of his empire?

5. Who lives in the underground city of Eusapia, and who has access to it?

6. How does the perception of the city of Irene change depending on whether it's viewed by passersby or by inhabitants?

7. How does Clarice preserve and display its history?

8. When people get lost in Eudoxia, what do they look at to find their bearings?

9. When Polo suggests to Khan that the garden where they share stories may exist only in their minds and that, in reality, they may still be traveling, what does the emperor say?

10. Leonia, the city that reinvents itself daily, is in danger of what?

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