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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Palat tell the women at the nursery?
(a) That he is leaving his family
(b) That he is terminally ill
(c) That Shevek has to stay full-time
(d) That he is in love with them all

3. 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) Lock theory of Urras
(d) Rational theory of the gods

4. What did Tirrin contend with Shevek about Urras?
(a) That is was an ugly place
(b) That it was poor
(c) That no one lived there
(d) That they were being withheld information

5. What does Shevek do after leaving the infirmary?
(a) Secures a position on Urras
(b) Gets married
(c) Works twice as hard
(d) Socialize

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shedek wake up with on his first day in Urras?

2. What kind of poor people does Shevek say he sees while driving about?

3. What emergency job do the authorities give Shevek?

4. What happens in the summer?

5. What does Takver convince Shevek to do to get his paper published?

(see the answer key)

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