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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Shevek dream?
(a) His teacher
(b) Mathematics
(c) Urras
(d) A cornerstone

2. What are different about the pajamas the ship provides Shevek?
(a) They are made of sheep's wool
(b) They are disposable
(c) They are invisible
(d) They have electric heating

3. What are Shevek and his friends most interested in about Urras?
(a) Its women
(b) Its mathematic formulas
(c) Its prisons
(d) Its political system

4. Who volunteers to spend time in the prison?
(a) Shevek
(b) Rulag
(c) Palat
(d) Kadagv

5. With whom does Shedak copulate?
(a) Kadagv
(b) Nobody
(c) Beshan
(d) Mitis

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the second officer not trust Shevek?

2. What kind of work does Shedek have to do after he leaves school?

3. Why is Shevek's arrival such an important occasion?

4. How long is the journey to Urras?

5. What hits Shevak on the shoulder?

(see the answer key)

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