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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, To the Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Foretellers' answer to the question that Genly asks them?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) The question is unanswerable.
(d) Yes.

2. Who wants to bring the ship to Orgota?
(a) Yegey and Obsle.
(b) Genly and Estraven.
(c) Yegey and Slose.
(d) Slose and Gaum.

3. How does Genly's lunch with the Commensals differ from his meeting with King Argaven?
(a) The Commensals, unlike King Argaven, were interested in Genly's mission and in the Ekumen, and wanted to look at his pictures.
(b) The accommodations were much more luxurious.
(c) The food was much better.
(d) There was no difference. The Commensals weren't any more interested than King Argaven was.

4. Who visits Genly the morning following the dinner with which Chapter 8 ends?
(a) Argaven.
(b) Estraven.
(c) Tibe.
(d) The Commensals.

5. By the end of Chapter 10, what is Genly starting to realize?
(a) He's starting to realize that something's not quite right; Orgoreyn isn't as it appears.
(b) He's starting to realize that his first impressions were wrong and that Karhide is much more advanced and civilized than Orgoreyn.
(c) He's starting to realize that his initial impressions were accurate and that Orgoreyn is much more advanced and civilized than Karhide.
(d) He's starting to realize that the secret police, not the King, are running Karhide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Estraven acquire the initial supplies and food for the winter journey?

2. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?

3. How long does Genly's journey to Rer, which is described in Chapter 5, take?

4. What is the advice that Estraven gives Genly during his visit to Genly's apartment in Mishnory?

5. In his continued arrogance, what does Genly refer to himself as, in comparison with Estraven?

(see the answer key)

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