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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, On Time and Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mysterious man give the warder at Estre Gate?
(a) News of Estraven's (otherwise known as Arek of Estre) death.
(b) A note from Therem of Stok requesting parley with the Lord of Estre.
(c) A baby, whom he says is Therem, the son's son of Estre.
(d) The Domain of Stok's war plans.

2. What is the length of the Gethenians' sexual cycle?
(a) 21 to 22 days.
(b) 26 to 28 days.
(c) 28 to 30 days.
(d) It's impossible to tell. After all, they're androgynous.

3. What is the Gethenians' mating cycle known as?
(a) Kemmer.
(b) Mating cycle.
(c) Being in heat.
(d) Libido.

4. What is the monogamous partnership between two Gethenians called?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Kemmering.
(c) Somering.
(d) Partnership.

5. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) Both good and evil exist.
(b) There is only good; there is no evil.
(c) There is only evil; there is no good.
(d) There is neither good nor evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion are the Foretellers?

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

3. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?

4. What, in the report documented in Chapter 7, does the Investigator say is an "appalling experience?"

5. When a Gethenian becomes sexually active and finds a partner, what happens?

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