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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Shevek again have to confront when his mother leaves?
(a) A wall
(b) A ship
(c) Shallow water
(d) His self as a child

2. Which friend's conversation does Shevek recall?
(a) Mitis
(b) Tirrin
(c) Dr. Kimoe
(d) Kadagv

3. Why is Shevek's arrival such an important occasion?
(a) He has promised find a cure for a deadly disease.
(b) His arrival was prophecised.
(c) His father was once a Urras leader
(d) It is the first time in 200 years someone from Anarranes has visited Urras

4. How long is the journey to Urras?
(a) 5 days
(b) 10 days
(c) A week
(d) 12 hours

5. Which of the following is a scientific theory about which the scientists talk to Shevek?
(a) Principle theory of nothingness
(b) Relative theory of Terran Ainsetain
(c) Rational theory of the gods
(d) Lock theory of Urras

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palat tell the women at the nursery?

2. Where has Rulag been offered a post?

3. What does Shevek find does not exist in Urras to the degree he thought it did?

4. What does Mitis tell Shedek to do while in Abbeny?

5. What kind of work does Shedek have to do after he leaves school?

(see the answer key)

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