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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Shevek shut himself in his room?
(a) Two weeks
(b) A week
(c) Three days
(d) Four days

2. Which character does Bedap say has spent time on Segvina Island Asylum?
(a) Patak
(b) Tirin
(c) Gvarab
(d) Tvorak

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

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

5. Why is Shevek restricted to campus?
(a) Because he is ill
(b) Because he has uncovered a top secret
(c) Because of the revolution
(d) Because they no longer trust him

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Shevek again have to confront when his mother leaves?

2. What is Shevek accused of when he tells a joke in physics class?

3. Where has Rulag been offered a post?

4. What are different about the pajamas the ship provides Shevek?

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

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