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

2. Why does Dr. Kimoe throw Shevek's pajamas in the trash?
(a) It costs less than having them cleaned
(b) He wants to provide Shevek with silk pajamas.
(c) Shevek has soiled them
(d) He does not like them

3. What is Sabul's profession?
(a) Writer
(b) Scientist
(c) Engineer
(d) Social worker

4. To where is Shevek traveling?
(a) Terra
(b) Anarranes
(c) Kimoe
(d) Urras

5. What do the scientists think Shevek is looking for when he asks where all the women are?
(a) A sexual partner
(b) A mother figure
(c) A cook
(d) A good conversation

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a scientific theory about which the scientists talk to Shevek?

2. Which character does Bedap say has spent time on Segvina Island Asylum?

3. What is the name given to Urras culture?

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

5. What does Shevek name the street where he does his shopping?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the only way Shevek can achieve his mission?

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

4. How does seeing Odo's grave and prison give Shevek a better perspective?

5. In what way does Shevek re-evaluate his purpose on Urras?

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

7. Why is Anarres the key to Urras?

8. Why does Shevek not see his apparent freedom as a good thing?

9. How does Shevek now view his own society?

10. Why is the return of the character Bedap important?

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