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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. What does Genly do during his time in Otherhord, while he is waiting to be taken to the Foretellers?
(a) Genly works in the village's general store.
(b) Genly tries to convince Otherhord to become part of the Ekumen.
(c) Genly assists in the communal work of field labor, gardening, woodcutting, and maintenance.
(d) Genly is apprenticed to the blacksmith.

2. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?
(a) Male.
(b) Female.
(c) No apparent gender--can't tell whether the being is male or female.
(d) Both genders.

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

4. How long does Genly's journey to Rer, which is described in Chapter 5, take?
(a) Four days.
(b) Four years.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four weeks.

5. What is the Orgota religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) Both good and evil exist.
(b) There is only good; there is no evil.
(c) There is neither good nor evil.
(d) There is only evil; there is no good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do Gethenians become pregnant as males, or as females?

2. What is the name of the high priest?

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. What do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?

5. Is it possible for a Gethenian to change gender from one period of sexual activity to another?

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