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

2. What does a traveler arriving to Baucis see?
(a) Blue arches.
(b) Rope bridges.
(c) Golden stairs.
(d) Slender stilts.

3. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?
(a) Random artifacts, such as baskets and urns.
(b) Paintings of everything that has ever existed in the city.
(c) Only things of unsurpassed beauty.
(d) Nothing--the museums are empty.

4. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.
(b) The two main tribes of Ersilia.
(c) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
(d) The guardians of Baucis.

5. When Khan tells Polo that he's dreamed of a city bathed in the light of the moon, what does Polo say?
(a) Such a city would be a lonely place.
(b) This describes most cities Polo has seen.
(c) It is called Lalage.
(d) He dreamed of such as city, too.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Esmeralda, who moves through the sewers with the rats?

2. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?

3. Can the reader tell with certainty whether or not Polo's many cities actually exist?

4. Someone in Thekla will see what?

5. The form of the city of Eudoxia is preserved in a carpet. When someone who is lost stares at this carpet, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Esmeralda, the city of water.

2. When Polo sees familiar faces in the city of Adelma, what does he start to wonder?

3. How do the people of Beersheba regard the heavenly version of their city?

4. As Khan visualizes the growth of his empire, what are some of the concerns he has?

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

6. Describe the two sides of the city of Moriana.

7. When Polo speaks of imperfections in the wood of Khan's chessboard, how does the emperor respond?

8. How does Clarice preserve and display its history?

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

10. Describe the significance of the strings in the city of Ersilia.

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