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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Shevek's father?
(a) Mitis
(b) Thomas
(c) Palat
(d) Kadagv

3. Where does Shevek have to go to study?
(a) Arranes University
(b) The College of Scientic Achievement
(c) The Central Institute of the Sciences
(d) The Arranes Center of Science

4. What does Shevek do after leaving the infirmary?
(a) Gets married
(b) Socialize
(c) Works twice as hard
(d) Secures a position on Urras

5. How do Shevek and Bedap put an end to their arguing?
(a) They take drugs
(b) They go to the pub
(c) They play a game of dominoes
(d) They embark on a sexual relationship

6. Who takes Shevek shopping for clothes?
(a) Kabul
(b) Tirrin
(c) Pae
(d) Ieu Eun

7. Why is Shevek's arrival such an important occasion?
(a) His father was once a Urras leader
(b) It is the first time in 200 years someone from Anarranes has visited Urras
(c) His arrival was prophecised.
(d) He has promised find a cure for a deadly disease.

8. What is Shevek's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Writer
(c) Scientist
(d) Nurse

9. What does Dr.Kimoe give Shevek?
(a) Paracetamals
(b) Diabetic chocolate
(c) Vaccinations
(d) Sleeping pills

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

11. Who does Shevek thinks he resembles when he puts on his clothes?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) His uncle

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

13. What best describes Shevek's students?
(a) Male, well-taught and obsessed with getting high marks
(b) Male, materialistic and angry
(c) Female, flirtatious and very attractive
(d) Male, lazy and disobedient

14. From what country is Chifoilisk?
(a) Anarres
(b) Thu
(c) Terra
(d) Abbeney

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the journey to Urras?

2. Where has Rulag been offered a post?

3. Why did Rulag abandon Shevek as a baby?

4. What kind of poor people does Shevek say he sees while driving about?

5. What planet is Shevek from?

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