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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Shevek and his friends build?
(a) A lab
(b) A car
(c) A house
(d) A prison

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

3. What is the name of Shevek's mother?
(a) Daisy
(b) Rulag
(c) Mara
(d) Helena

4. What does Shevek think is holding him back from publishing his General Temporal Theory?
(a) Because it will put his family in danger
(b) Fear that it will be disproved
(c) Fear of his life
(d) Fear of imprisonment

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shevek's profession?

2. Who does Shevek thinks he resembles when he puts on his clothes?

3. How does Shevek shock his new friends?

4. Where is Oiie's family located?

5. What year is Shevek in when Gvarab dies?

(see the answer key)

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