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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) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) The question is unanswerable.

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

3. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?
(a) Odstreth, the 18th.
(b) Odstreth, the 19th.
(c) Onnetherhad, the 18th.
(d) Onnetherhad, the 19th.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Commensals want to do with the information Genly gives to them during lunch?

2. What does Genly learn during his lunch with the local politicians?

3. Could the Foretellers answer the Lord of Shorth's question? What happened?

4. What important concept is brought up again in Chapter 10?

5. Shortly after his arrival in Orgoreyn, Genly is invited to lunch with Commensals Obsle and Yegey. What information does Genly divulge to his hosts during this luncheon?

(see the answer key)

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