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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what does Shevek ask the scientists?
(a) A complilation CD of Urras's best music
(b) A book about Urras
(c) Some toilet paper
(d) A pen

3. What is different about the water taps in Shevek's room?
(a) They run constantly
(b) They supply beer.
(c) They play a tune when water comes out.
(d) They don't work

4. Where does Shevek begin his teaching on Urras?
(a) The Science Institute
(b) The University of Urras
(c) Ieu Eun
(d) Abbeney

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character visits Shevek in the infirmary?

2. Why does Sabul become angry with Shevek?

3. What does Bedap think the Anarres power structure is doing?

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

5. Which city is the center of life and science on Anarres?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shevek now view his own society?

2. What does Kvetur's imprisonment symbolize?

3. How does living in Abbeney widen Shevek's limited experience?

4. Why does Shevek feel anger towards his mother when he meets her?

5. What does the image of the wall symbolize in this chapter?

6. Why it is important for Shevek and Takver not to "own each other"?

7. Why does Shevek think he is selling his soul to Sabul?

8. What importance does the phrase "working together" hold for Shevek?

9. How does Sabul prove Tirin's theory correct?

10. How does the note in Shevek finds in his pocket change his view on Urras?

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