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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 is the proclamation made just before Genly is taken in to see the king?
(a) The king is terminally ill.
(b) Estraven is to be stripped of his titles and exiled for committing treason.
(c) A bounty has been set on Genly's head.
(d) Estraven is to be made second-in-command.

2. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?
(a) Odstreth, the 19th.
(b) Odstreth, the 18th.
(c) Onnetherhad, the 18th.
(d) Onnetherhad, the 19th.

3. What is the price Genly is charged for an audience with the Foretellers?
(a) One ruby.
(b) Three rubies.
(c) As a First Mobile, he isn't charged anything.
(d) Two rubies.

4. 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) No apparent gender--can't tell whether the being is male or female.
(b) Both genders.
(c) Male.
(d) Female.

5. What unanswerable question did the Lord of Shorth, according to Goss, force the foretellers to answer?
(a) Why is the sky blue?
(b) When will I die?
(c) What happens after death?
(d) What is the meaning of life?

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?

2. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?

3. How long does Genly's journey to Rer, which is described in Chapter 5, take?

4. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

5. What is the name of the Orgota religion?

(see the answer key)

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