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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonia do on a daily basis?
(a) Reinvents itself.
(b) Flies kites.
(c) Calibrates its clocks.
(d) Sends messages in bottles.

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

3. What is at the center of Moriana?
(a) An enormous hole plunging into the depths of the earth.
(b) A strange contraption that controls the thoughts of its residents.
(c) Nothing--the city only has front and back sides.
(d) It is hard to tell--there is too much smoke everywhere.

4. Khan wonders why Polo never speaks of:
(a) His family.
(b) Venice.
(c) Tuscan.
(d) His past studies.

5. In Trude, only the name of what changes?
(a) Its man-made mountain.
(b) Its hospital.
(c) Its airport.
(d) Its lake.

6. What do the people of Beersheba believe?
(a) Another Beersheba exists, suspended in the heavens.
(b) Their emperor favors Beersheba above all other cities.
(c) They are descended from ancient gods.
(d) They are living in a dream.

7. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?
(a) He frequently spots Polo entertaining friends in Khan's city.
(b) It appears Polo has never moved from Khan's garden.
(c) Polo is too busy with his job of head counselor.
(d) Polo is too busy writing down his travel accounts.

8. After the people of Ersilia move and the city is in ruins, what are left?
(a) Whispers.
(b) Chains.
(c) Webs.
(d) Memories.

9. Clarice is known for its cycle of death and rebirth and:
(a) Its adherence to the idea of reincarnation.
(b) Falling to ruin and being rebuilt.
(c) Its yearly festival honoring the dead.
(d) Burning to the ground and rising from the ashes.

10. The more Khan listens to Polo's stories, the less certain he is that he is sitting in the garden or:
(a) Dreaming in his sleep.
(b) Riding through places Polo describes.
(c) Locked up in a mental health hospital.
(d) Sitting in a prison.

11. The people in the city of Irene are:
(a) Trapped.
(b) Giants.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Dwarfs.

12. As the two men sit smoking their pipes, does Khan actually confront Polo?
(a) Yes, Khan definitely confronts Polo.
(b) It's not clear whether this actually happens or Khan only imagines it.
(c) The whole sequence is just Khan's dream.
(d) No, Khan never confronts Polo.

13. To make the passing from life to death less abrupt, what have the people of Eusapia done?
(a) Built an underground city identical to the one above ground.
(b) Developed a system of surrounding the dying with laughter and merriment.
(c) Developed a way for the living to accompany the dead halfway.
(d) Built special resonating chambers where the dead can still speak to the living.

14. In Chapter 5, as Khan sits in his palace visualizing the growth of his empire, what does he see?
(a) Conquered territories spreading further into other regions.
(b) Overpopulation leading to famine and disease.
(c) More innovations coming from his empire's brightest minds.
(d) Warriors from the west coming to fight for his empire.

15. In Argia, what are the streets filled with?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Buttons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polo say that Pyrrha represents for him?

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

3. What does Polo describe Eusapia as?

4. In Clarice, people take parts of the old city and use them in different ways for what?

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

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