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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who takes Shevek shopping for clothes?
(a) Ieu Eun
(b) Tirrin
(c) Pae
(d) Kabul

3. Which area of science do the scientists debate?
(a) Biology
(b) Physics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Politics

4. What does Shedek wake up with on his first day in Urras?
(a) A hangover
(b) The flu
(c) An allergy attack
(d) A dog

5. Why did Rulag abandon Shevek as a baby?
(a) She had to work
(b) His father was abusive
(c) She fell in love with another man
(d) She was not ready for motherhood

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the principle of instantaneous communication allow people to do?

2. From what country is Chifoilisk?

3. What does Shevek find does not exist in Urras to the degree he thought it did?

4. Why does the second officer not trust Shevek?

5. Where do the resistance group hold a rally?

(see the answer key)

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