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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Kimoe throw Shevek's pajamas in the trash?

2. What is Palat's job?

3. What does Shedek wake up with on his first day in Urras?

4. What does Desar's visit make Sabul realize?

5. Who volunteers to spend time in the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do Shevek and Takver deal differently with the drought?

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

3. What does the man's hand, shot off at the end of the chapter, symbolize to Shevek?

4. What is the overall outcome of the council meeting?

5. How does Shevek realize that Tirrin's ideas were right?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the difference between Shevek and Tirn's view on why they are forbidden to interact with Urrasti?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Shevak's goals in this book? How does he achieve them? What mistakes does he make? How does he learn from his mistakes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Shevek's character.

1) What is his background?

2) What does he look like?

3) What are his motivations and objectives?

4) Why is he so important to the two worlds?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Urras and Anarres. What are the negative and positive points of each society? Are there similar countries in our reality? What are their relationships?

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