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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Shevek thinks he sees on his way back to his room?
(a) His mother
(b) His father
(c) Tirrin
(d) The dark-haired girl from his going away party

2. What disgusts Shevek about what he hears about the revolution?
(a) Its racist attitudes
(b) The violence
(c) Its treatment of women
(d) Its passive nature

3. Why does Shevek try to strike up a conversation with his servant?
(a) He wants to practise his Urrasti
(b) He wants to talk to a poor person
(c) He needs money
(d) He wants to make some genuine friends

4. What does Shevek say the change in society is going against?
(a) The Odonian ethic of decentralization
(b) His own beliefs
(c) The constitution
(d) The people's basic human rights

5. From which world is the language of Lotic?
(a) Terra
(b) Anarres
(c) Haines
(d) Urras

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shevek have to keep the information he will learn secret?

2. Why did Tirin go mad?

3. On what country in Urras is a revolution taking place?

4. Why does Shevek think it would of been impossible for them to stay together?

5. With whom does Shevek try to strike up a conversation?

(see the answer key)

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