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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 Lord Berosty's kemmering offer in return for being told how long Lord Berosty will live?
2. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?
3. What is Estraven II known throughout history as for his actions?
4. After leaving Kuseben, where does Estraven first land?
5. What is the Gethenians' mating cycle known as?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is different about the love in the fable told in Chapter 9?
2. What does Estraven accomplish in Chapter 6 concerning Genly Ai?
3. What is the significance of the completion of the Arch of River Gate?
4. What behavior exhibited by Genly in chapter 19 when he goes into town to make a transmission to the Star Ship, shows that he has grown in his ability to be patient?
5. What is the Thangering Fastness?
6. 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?
7. With what does this story say that Lord Berosty is obsessed with?
8. As the ice melts and runs into the mouths of sleepers, what substance does it become?
9. Investigator Oppong makes a comment about First Mobiles, specifically that they must be self-assured because their pride will suffer. How does this comment relate to Genly?
10. In Chapter 18, what effect does Genly say that Estraven's being in kemmer hadson him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about Estraven's statement regarding patriotism, "What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing." How do the inhabitants of Orgoreyn, and those of Karhide, show their patriotism for their respective countries? Back your statements up with excerpts from the novel, then compare and contrast both Orgoreyn and Karhide's expressions of patriotism with how patriotism is expressed and displayed in your own country. What do you think is good about how Orgoreyn and Karhide express their patriotism that perhaps should be adopted in your country, and what about how patriotism is expressed in your country should be adopted by Orgoreyn and Karhide (if that were possible)?
Essay Topic 2
How does Estraven continue to work to help Genly see the truth of what he is telling him, as well as to convince Genly that Estraven is on his side? Back your statements up with excerpts from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Think back on the various dichotomies presented in "The Left Hand of Darkness," such as Gethenian's dual sexuality; the coldness of the landscape vs. the warmth of Genly and Estraven's tent; betrayal and love, etc. How do these tie into the theme of light and darkness, and how do they tie into the title of the book, which is part of a Gethenian poem that states light is the left hand of darkness and darkness is the right hand of light? Additionally, what is the poem just quoted trying to say? What does it mean for light to be the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light?
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