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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. 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 a traitor.
(c) I want Gethen to join the Ekumen to promote universal peace and harmony.
(d) I do not know what makes a man loyal.

2. By the end of Chapter 10, what is Genly starting to realize?
(a) He's starting to realize that his initial impressions were accurate and that Orgoreyn is much more advanced and civilized than Karhide.
(b) He's starting to realize that his first impressions were wrong and that Karhide is much more advanced and civilized than Orgoreyn.
(c) He's starting to realize that something's not quite right; Orgoreyn isn't as it appears.
(d) He's starting to realize that the secret police, not the King, are running Karhide.

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

4. How far is Rer from Karhide?
(a) 11 miles.
(b) 1,100 miles.
(c) 110 miles.
(d) 11,000 miles.

5. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually active called?
(a) Heat.
(b) Estrus.
(c) Sommer.
(d) Kemmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the climate on the planet Gethen, year-round?

2. What does Genly carry in the case that he brings to his meeting with King Argaven?

3. What happens to Estraven when he tries to leave Kuseben by boat?

4. What literary construct is intended by the introduction into the story of Argaven's pregnancy?

5. The relationship between which two characters is introduced in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Shath Domain, Getheren's homeland, experiencing poverty and widespread illness near the end of Chapter 2?

2. What is the Thangering Fastness?

3. What does Genly do during the time it takes him to journey to the border between Karhide and Orgoreyn? How is he treated during his travels?

4. What does Sorve, Estraven's son, ask Genly to tell him about?

5. What does the answer given to Genly by the Foretellers foreshadow?

6. In Chapter 18, what effect does Genly say that Estraven's being in kemmer hadson him?

7. What is the date of the parade?

8. Why, in Chapter 15, are Genly and Estraven still calling each other by their last names (respectively, Ai and Therem)?

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

10. With what does Lord Berosty kill his kemmering?

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