Write three to four paragraphs about the culture or setting of a story you have read in this unit. Use a conversational tone such as you would find in a travel guide.

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.