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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. What does Desar's visit make Sabul realize?

2. What image does Shevek again have to confront when his mother leaves?

3. Who stops Shevek on his way out from the dining hall?

4. What does Dr.Kimoe give Shevek?

5. To whom does Mitis send Shedek's paper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is Vea's argument similar to Bedap's?

3. How does living in Abbeney widen Shevek's limited experience?

4. In what way has Anarres become resemble more a dystopia than utopia?

5. In what way do Shevek and Takver deal differently with the drought?

6. How does Shevek cope with leaving behind the familiarity of his world?

7. How does Bedap wake Shevek up to his original goals?

8. What importance does the phrase "working together" hold for Shevek?

9. How does Shevek's trip to the retail district of Nio Esseia poke holes in his belief that Urrasti society is all-providing?

10. What does Kvetur's imprisonment symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ursula Le Gun is known as a feminist science fiction writer.

1) How are her views reflected in the novel?

2) Compare her views to feminism in today's society.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss if you think the following statement is true. The adult Shevak learns that hope exists to end suffering.

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