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

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

3. Who stops Shevek on his way out from the dining hall?

4. Where has Rulag been offered a post?

5. Why does Shevek have to keep the information he will learn secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shevek now represent to his world?

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

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

4. How does Vea see Shevek's ideal society?

5. What negative aspects of Anarrasti society does the meeting highlight?

6. Why is Anarres the key to Urras?

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

8. In what does time again become an important factor at the end of the chapter?

9. What does Shevek hope to achieve with his printing syndicate?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Le Guin often talks negatively about Urras and its materialism. How true do you think Le Guin's negative representation of materialism is? What kind of society does materialism create?

Essay Topic 2

In the 4th chapter, Shevek meets his mother for the first time in years. What does his reaction show about him as a person? Does the meeting help or hinder his progress? Does he change in any way after the meeting?

Essay Topic 3

During the book, there is a revolution in Benbil. What is the importance of revolution? Why do think it is more prevalent in some societies than others?

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