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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the residents of Ersilia do?
(a) Stretch strings from the corners of their houses.
(b) Tie strings around their trees.
(c) Build fantastic stringed instuments.
(d) Hang strings from the their ceilings.

2. Polo tells Khan that it is possible the whole world is covered with what?
(a) Illusions and dreams.
(b) Hope and despair.
(c) Wastelands and gardens.
(d) Gold and dust.

3. When Polo goes to Hypatia, what does he learn?
(a) The essence of spiritual existence.
(b) The mathematics behind its architecture.
(c) The nature of changing language.
(d) The meaning of life.

4. Each person in Melania is what?
(a) Expected to understand existence.
(b) Regarded as both mother and father to everyone else.
(c) Born into a role.
(d) Tested at the age of five.

5. In Eusapia, what is there really is no way of knowing anymore?
(a) Who is alive and who is dead.
(b) Whether or not the dead truly are communicating with the living.
(c) How long its underground counterpart has existed.
(d) How long the city has existed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?

2. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?

3. Which city do visitors consider to be a trap?

4. Octavia is full of:

5. Worried about his own empire, Khan begins to dream of cities that are:

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