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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disaster happens when Shevek arrives in Chakar?
(a) A Tsunami
(b) A bomb hits the city
(c) A hurricaine
(d) An earthquake

2. Where do the Anarresti ancestors come from?
(a) Pluto
(b) Earth
(c) Urras
(d) Terra

3. Who does his nurse turn out to be?
(a) His brother
(b) His mother
(c) His Grandmother
(d) His sister

4. Why is Shevek surprised at the poor living conditions he sees in Nio Esseia?
(a) He was told there was no poverty in the country
(b) It is a step away from an area of prosperity
(c) He had previously thought it was a city of wealth
(d) He had never seen poverty

5. What does Shevek spend his free time doing?
(a) Playing golf
(b) Dating women
(c) Writing papers
(d) Playing soccer

Short Answer Questions

1. Which illness does Shevek contract?

2. What does Chifoilisk tell Shevek?

3. Which of his old friends does Shevek run into after the death of his teacher?

4. Who does Shevek thinks he sees on his way back to his room?

5. With whose family does Shevek spend a week?

(see the answer key)

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