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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tirin have to spend time in the asylum?
(a) He critized the Anarres president
(b) He tried to escape to Urras
(c) He made a documentary about Urras
(d) He wrote a play about Urasti coming to Anarres

2. Who does his nurse turn out to be?
(a) His sister
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) His Grandmother

3. Why is Shevek surprised that the scientists on Anarres correspond with Urrasti scientists?
(a) He thought it was aginst the laws of both planets
(b) He thought they were both developing theories to defeat the other in war.
(c) He did not think the Urrasti's were capable of interacting with free people.
(d) He thought the scientists hated each other

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To where does Shevek temporarily escape?

3. Why does Shevek have to keep the information he will learn secret?

4. What does Shedek wake up with on his first day in Urras?

5. Why does Shevek want to give his theory to the Terrans?

(see the answer key)

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