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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where is Shevek traveling?

2. What hits Shevak on the shoulder?

3. What planet is Shevek from?

4. What is the wall for?

5. What does Shevek do after leaving the infirmary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the overall outcome of the council meeting?

2. In what does time again become an important factor at the end of the chapter?

3. In what way does Shevek re-evaluate his purpose on Urras?

4. What does the image of the wall symbolize in this chapter?

5. Why does Tirin rebel against his society's view of the universe?

6. How will Shevek's temporal theory bring world's together?

7. In what way is Shevek finding it difficult to adjust to his surroundings?

8. Why do you think the citizens of Anarres do not climb the wall?

9. In what way does the demonstration wake up the rebels?

10. What is the difference between Shevek and Tirn's view on why they are forbidden to interact with Urrasti?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Shevek's character.

1) What is his background?

2) What does he look like?

3) What are his motivations and objectives?

4) Why is he so important to the two worlds?

Essay Topic 2

Shevek writes two papers in the novel.

1) Principles of Simultanely

2) General Temporal Theory

Describe each paper and discuss how Shevek's ideas have matured through the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Shevak's move from isolation to socializing change his character? What does isolation teach him? What does socializing teach him?

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