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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Shevek dream?
(a) A cornerstone
(b) Mathematics
(c) His teacher
(d) Urras

2. What do the scientists think Shevek is looking for when he asks where all the women are?
(a) A sexual partner
(b) A mother figure
(c) A cook
(d) A good conversation

3. What best describes Shevek's students?
(a) Female, flirtatious and very attractive
(b) Male, lazy and disobedient
(c) Male, well-taught and obsessed with getting high marks
(d) Male, materialistic and angry

4. What kind of people normally have to spend time on the Segvina Island?
(a) Mentally ill people
(b) Corrupt politicians
(c) Murderers and rapists
(d) Scientists

5. What happens in the summer?
(a) Shevek is offered a job in Urras
(b) There is a drought
(c) Takver and Shevek split up
(d) Anarres win the football world cup

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shevek get stuck in a small town?

2. What does Desar's visit make Sabul realize?

3. What does Bedap think the Anarres power structure is doing?

4. What did Tirrin contend with Shevek about Urras?

5. Which of his old friends does Shevek run into after the death of his teacher?

(see the answer key)

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