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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sadik stay?
(a) In a nursery
(b) In a friend's apartment
(c) In a children's dormitory
(d) In a hospital

2. What do the authorities ration in the winter?
(a) Butter
(b) Water
(c) Sugar
(d) Meat

3. What does Shevek think he will achieve by going to Urras?
(a) He will make peace
(b) He will start a war
(c) He will keep the Odonian revolution alive
(d) He will stop the friction between the two planets

4. With whose family does Shevek spend a week?
(a) Efor's
(b) Sabul's
(c) Oiie's
(d) Pae's

5. Of what group is Tuio Maedda a member?
(a) The Odonian freedom fighters
(b) The quasi-Odonian resistance group
(c) The Odonian independent army
(d) The Anarres social group

6. Why does Keng say Urras is a paradise?
(a) Because her own society has ruined its planet
(b) Because they allow you to become rich
(c) Because the weather is always nice
(d) Because there is no poverty

7. Why does Shevek try to strike up a conversation with his servant?
(a) He needs money
(b) He wants to talk to a poor person
(c) He wants to make some genuine friends
(d) He wants to practise his Urrasti

8. What does the letter ask Shevek to do?
(a) Send them his General Temporal theory
(b) Join the Odonian rebels
(c) Kill the Urras leader
(d) Go back to Arranes

9. Why does Shevek get stuck in a small town?
(a) Shevek falls ill
(b) Urras have invaded Abbeney
(c) There is a storm
(d) There is a wreck on the train line

10. How long does Shevek shut himself in his room?
(a) Four days
(b) Three days
(c) A week
(d) Two weeks

11. Why does Oiie think it is dangerous if Shevek is seen by a member of the working classes?
(a) They think Shevek is a spy
(b) They want to kill him
(c) They don't like foreigners
(d) They are calling for an exile to start a revolution

12. What manuscript does Shevek complete during Takver's pregnancy?
(a) The Principles of Simultaneity
(b) The Theory Behind New Anarchism
(c) The Principles of Love
(d) The Principles of a long distance relationship

13. What effect does Shevek's opinions have on his family?
(a) They are bullied by school mates and work colleagues
(b) They are asked to leave the country
(c) They become very popular
(d) They decide to disown Shevek

14. For what is Shevek fighting?
(a) Peace
(b) To end poverty
(c) To end oppression
(d) An end to Anarres' isolation

15. What does Keng say she will help Shevek in exchange for his theory?
(a) Get home
(b) Fight the Urrastis
(c) Finance their revolution
(d) Meet the Terran leaders

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Takver convince Shevek to do to get his paper published?

2. To whom does Shevek find himself attracted?

3. Who tells Shevek he is restricted to campus?

4. What does Rulag say when Shevek brings up the possibility of an Anarresti visiting Urras?

5. What disaster happens when Shevek arrives in Chakar?

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