View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Palat's job?
(a) Engineer
(b) Mathematician
(c) Doctor
(d) Scientist

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

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

4. What happened to Kadagv while he was imprisoned?
(a) He hallucinated
(b) He went insane
(c) He went into a trance
(d) He was ill

5. Who is killed during the rioting at the port?
(a) A guard
(b) A young girl
(c) Shevek's wife
(d) A young boy

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Shevek dream?

2. Why does the second officer not trust Shevek?

3. What does Dr. Atro give Shevek as a present?

4. Which of the following is a scientific theory about which the scientists talk to Shevek?

5. Which area of science do the scientists debate?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 189 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample