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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year does Takver give birth to her daughter?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Autumn
(d) Winter

2. Why does Shevek try to strike up a conversation with his servant?
(a) He needs money
(b) He wants to talk to a poor person
(c) He wants to practise his Urrasti
(d) He wants to make some genuine friends

3. Why does Shevek want to start his own printing syndicate?
(a) To communicate his theories
(b) To socialize more
(c) To print propaganda
(d) To stop censorship

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

5. Why is Shevek surprised at the poor living conditions he sees in Nio Esseia?
(a) He had previously thought it was a city of wealth
(b) He was told there was no poverty in the country
(c) He had never seen poverty
(d) It is a step away from an area of prosperity

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the wall for?

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

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

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

5. Why does Shevek find shopping such as awful experience?

(see the answer key)

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