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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. Someone in Thekla will see what?
(a) Rows of empty flower pots.
(b) Very little of the city.
(c) A sea of signs.
(d) Shadows drifting overhead.

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

3. Esmeralda is known as the city of what?
(a) Water.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Promise.

4. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?
(a) A wasteland of jagged rocks and tortured souls.
(b) A golden altar to the gods of light and darkness.
(c) A giant warehouse filled with travelers' broken dreams.
(d) An expanse of rusting sheet metal and pipes black with soot.

5. In Esmeralda, who moves through the sewers with the rats?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Lepers.
(c) Conspirators and smugglers.
(d) The cleaning crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Polo describe Moriana?

2. What is Esmeralda layered with?

3. What is the furthest city to which Polo has ever traveled?

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

5. The people of Lenia awaken each day and:

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the cities described by Polo in Chapter 8 depict confusion?

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

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

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

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. How does Clarice preserve and display its history?

8. Describe Esmeralda, the city of water.

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

10. Describe the two species that protect Leandra.

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