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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is it possible for a Gethenian to change gender from one period of sexual activity to another?
(a) The book does not specify.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

2. What answer (in part) does the king receive?
(a) I sent Genly to you to ask your nation to join the Ekumen.
(b) I do not know what makes a man loyal.
(c) I want Gethen to join the Ekumen to promote universal peace and harmony.
(d) I do not know what makes a man a traitor.

3. What happens to Lord Berosty after his kemmering's death?
(a) He goes mad and hangs himself on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.
(b) Lord Berosty relocates permanently to the Thangering Fastness and becomes a monk.
(c) Lord Berosty grieves, but eventually finds another kemmering.
(d) Lord Berosty is tried and executed for the kemmering's murder... on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.

4. What does Lord Berosty do after receiving his Foretelling?
(a) He kills his kemmering.
(b) He commits suicide immediately.
(c) He decides to live life to the fullest and starts living like a daredevil.
(d) He returns to one of his family domains and locks himself in the Hearth-Tower for ten months.

5. What is the nature of the request made by Genly Ai in Chapter 6?
(a) He asks to be taken to Shelt Port.
(b) He asks Estraven to pledge kemmering to him.
(c) He requests permission to enter the Commensality.
(d) He requests asylum in Orgoreyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Prime Minister in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 1, who is Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe ('Tibe' for short) described as?

3. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?

4. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually inactive called?

5. What does Genly ask the Foretellers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Genly's decision to take money to Estraven on Ashe's behalf significant?

2. Why does darkness follow each child born to Edondurath and his partner?

3. After the reception for Genly is called off, what is the advice Estraven gives to him?

4. What theme is brought out in Chapter 11, and how is it brought out?

5. What does it mean when Handdara, the Karhidish religion, is described as having duality?

6. What does Estraven do to make Genly angry with him? What is the significance, to Genly, of Estraven's behavior?

7. Is Estraven's loyalty to Karhide, or is it to Orgoreyn?

8. What do High Priest Tuhulme's comments about Yomesh being a one-sided religion mean?

9. What is the nature of the relationship between Estraven and Tibe, and why?

10. As in the two Gethenian myths encountered previously, what is one of the themes that Chapter 6 deals with? Explain.

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