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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disaster happens when Shevek arrives in Chakar?
(a) A hurricaine
(b) An earthquake
(c) A Tsunami
(d) A bomb hits the city

3. What effect does Shevek's opinions have on his family?
(a) They are bullied by school mates and work colleagues
(b) They become very popular
(c) They decide to disown Shevek
(d) They are asked to leave the country

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

5. What is located at Capital Square?
(a) The offices of all the main newspapers
(b) The President's house
(c) The government offices
(d) The main television headquarters

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

7. What does Rulag say when Shevek brings up the possibility of an Anarresti visiting Urras?
(a) Such a person put the whole world in danger
(b) Such a person for fall in love with Urras's consumerism.
(c) Such a person would be killed
(d) Such a person would be unable to return

8. Why did Tirin go mad?
(a) Because he broke up from his wife
(b) Because his daughter passed away
(c) Because his family died in the drought
(d) Because his play was censored

9. What does Shevek say the change in society is going against?
(a) The Odonian ethic of decentralization
(b) His own beliefs
(c) The people's basic human rights
(d) The constitution

10. To whom does Shevek want to give his theory?
(a) The Urastis
(b) Keng
(c) The Anarastis
(d) The Terrans

11. What does Shevek do while waiting for Takver to finish her posting?
(a) Writes a scientific paper
(b) Begins to organize a revolution
(c) Spends time with Sadik
(d) Watches films

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

13. Of what group is Tuio Maedda a member?
(a) The Odonian independent army
(b) The Odonian freedom fighters
(c) The quasi-Odonian resistance group
(d) The Anarres social group

14. What do the authorities ration in the winter?
(a) Meat
(b) Sugar
(c) Butter
(d) Water

15. What name do Takver and Shevek give their daughter?
(a) Pae
(b) Sadik
(c) Daisy
(d) Takver

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shevek say used him for their own advancement?

2. What does Shevek think is holding him back from publishing his General Temporal Theory?

3. To where does Shevek temporarily escape?

4. Where does Takver work?

5. With what culture is Keng associated?

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