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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. How long does Genly's journey to Rer, which is described in Chapter 5, take?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four years.

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

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

4. What do the Commensals want to do with the information Genly gives to them during lunch?
(a) They want to shoot down the NAFAL ship and kill Genly.
(b) They want to send an assassin to kill Tibe.
(c) They want to have the Star Ship land in Orgota in order to bring prestige to themselves and the nation.
(d) They want to visit Genly's ship.

5. When Genly and Estraven come out of Tarrenpeth Forest, a few days into their journey, what does Estraven use his previously-acquired hunting skills to trap?
(a) Pesthry, a fox-like carnivore.
(b) Pesthry, a fox-like omnivore.
(c) Pesthry, a type of game bird.
(d) Pesthry, a fox-like herbivore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Genly's opinion of Estraven's presence in Orgoreyn?

3. What significance does the Sarf have for Genly?

4. What is the price Genly is charged for an audience with the Foretellers?

5. What unanswerable question did the Lord of Shorth, according to Goss, force the foretellers to answer?

(see the answer key)

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