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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, On Time and Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does a journey from Gethen to the Prime World, Hain, take?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 76 years.
(c) 670 years.
(d) 67 years.

2. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?
(a) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 8.4 months.
(d) 4.8 months.

3. What does Genly ask the Foretellers?
(a) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?
(b) Will Gethen be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?
(c) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?
(d) Will Gethen become a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?

4. What is the Gethenians' sexual orientation, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Androgynous.
(b) Asexual.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Heterosexual.

5. Why does Chapter 5 say that Genly has come to Rer?
(a) He is looking for a job.
(b) He is discouraged after his failed meeting with the King and needs a break.
(c) He wants to live on a commune.
(d) He wishes to visit a nearby fastness and learn about what Foretellers do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer (in part) does the king receive?

2. Who is known as the Center of Time?

3. Two nights and one day after Estraven and Stokven become kemmers, Estraven is attacked by a party from Stok and presumed killed. Stokven tells his countrymen what to do with Estraven's body. Did they follow Stokven's orders?

4. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?

5. Why is it so monumental that Estraven and Stokven swore kemmering to each other?

(see the answer key)

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