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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Shevek again have to confront when his mother leaves?
(a) Shallow water
(b) A wall
(c) A ship
(d) His self as a child

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

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

4. How is the city different to other cities in which Shevek has lived?
(a) It has has no trees
(b) It is an underground city
(c) It has no women
(d) It is located in the middle of a green plain

5. In what does Chifoilisk say the Urras scientists are particularly interested?
(a) Shevek's General Temporal Theory
(b) Maintaining their control over the masses
(c) Secrets about Anarres
(d) Developing nucler weapons

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rulag abandon Shevek as a baby?

2. What does Shevek find in his pocket?

3. What do the authorities ration in the winter?

4. Who tells Shevek he is restricted to campus?

5. What do the engineers say Shevek can help make possible?

(see the answer key)

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