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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. How do the professors at the school stop themselves from being distracted?
(a) They communicate only through letters
(b) They only leave their offices for lessons
(c) The never socialize
(d) They all live at the school

2. What was Odo during his lifetime?
(a) A philosopher
(b) A doctor
(c) An engineer
(d) A scientist

3. Who is waiting for Shevek when he arrives in Urras?
(a) The Urras President
(b) Nobody
(c) The Urras King
(d) A crowd of people including journalist and photographers

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

5. Which area of science do the scientists debate?
(a) Biology
(b) Politics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Physics

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Anarresti ancestors come from?

2. What hits Shevak on the shoulder?

3. Which of his old friends does Shevek run into after the death of his teacher?

4. Which character visits Shevek in the infirmary?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Shevek finding it difficult to adjust to his surroundings?

2. In what does Shevek now feel disorientated?

3. How does Shevek's trip to the retail district of Nio Esseia poke holes in his belief that Urrasti society is all-providing?

4. What is the significance of the wall surrounding the port?

5. How does Shevek reflect the values on Anarres?

6. In what way does Efor stoke Shevek's sense of failure?

7. What symbolizes the fact they may not be living in a truly free society?

8. In what ways does Shevek begin to feel more connected to the Urrasti people?

9. How will Shevek's temporal theory bring world's together?

10. How does Bedap wake Shevek up to his original goals?

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