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

2. What important concept is brought up again in Chapter 10?
(a) Facade and veneer.
(b) Death and life.
(c) Love and betrayal.
(d) Honesty and genuineness.

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

4. What does Genly learn during his lunch with the local politicians?
(a) He learns that his life is in danger.
(b) He learns that Slose wants to make a religion out of him.
(c) He learns what the Sarf is.
(d) He learns that the King's child was born that morning, but survived less than an hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Chapter 15 opens, where do Genly and Estraven decide to hide for the winter?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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