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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surrounds the Anarranes port?
(a) A wall
(b) Guards
(c) Barbwire
(d) A boardwalk

2. What is the wall for?
(a) It stops viscious sea creatures from entering
(b) It keeps the aliens quarratined
(c) It reduces radiation
(d) It separates the rich from the poor

3. Which of the following is a scientific theory about which the scientists talk to Shevek?
(a) Rational theory of the gods
(b) Lock theory of Urras
(c) Relative theory of Terran Ainsetain
(d) Principle theory of nothingness

4. How long is the journey to Urras?
(a) A week
(b) 5 days
(c) 12 hours
(d) 10 days

5. For what does Shevek ask the scientists?
(a) A book about Urras
(b) A pen
(c) Some toilet paper
(d) A complilation CD of Urras's best music

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet is Shevek from?

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

3. What did Tirrin contend with Shevek about Urras?

4. What hits Shevak on the shoulder?

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

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