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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Odo during his lifetime?
(a) A doctor
(b) An engineer
(c) A scientist
(d) A philosopher

2. What does Bedap think the Anarres power structure is doing?
(a) Suppressing new ideas
(b) Plotting war against Urras
(c) Making it impossible to live in freedom
(d) Killing people's passion for life

3. What do the authorities ration in the winter?
(a) Water
(b) Sugar
(c) Meat
(d) Butter

4. What do the engineers say Shevek can help make possible?
(a) Speed of light
(b) Peace
(c) Atheism
(d) Anarchy

5. What does Mitis tell Shedek to do while in Abbeny?
(a) Live life
(b) Keep free
(c) Watch out for fast women
(d) Study hard

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palat give Shevek on his return?

2. Which character does Bedap say has spent time on Segvina Island Asylum?

3. What emergency job do the authorities give Shevek?

4. For which of the doctors does Shedek show admiration?

5. What does Shevek do after leaving the infirmary?

(see the answer key)

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