1. Why does the Ekumen send only one representative to Karhide?
(a) It is a trick; in actuality, the Ekumen have troops waiting to invade as soon as Genly gives the word to do so.
(b) The Ekumen believe that one voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.
(c) Genly is the only ambassador who knows how to speak the Gethenite language.
(d) They are low on resources.

2. What, in the report documented in Chapter 7, does the Investigator say is an "appalling experience?"
(a) Being judged as a Gethenian.
(b) Being judged as a human.
(c) Watching a Gethenian give birth.
(d) Having sex with a Gethenian.

3. What is the proclamation made just before Genly is taken in to see the king?
(a) The king is terminally ill.
(b) Estraven is to be stripped of his titles and exiled for committing treason.
(c) Estraven is to be made second-in-command.
(d) A bounty has been set on Genly's head.

4. What is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?
(a) To convince the king that he is an envoy from another planet, and to start a dialogue about Gethen becoming part of the Ekumen.
(b) To pledge kemmering to the king.
(c) To ask permission to travel to Orgoreyn.
(d) To talk to the king about Estraven.

5. What do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?
(a) First Mobiles are accepted as natives.
(b) First Mobiles must be self-assured, because their pride will be tested.
(c) First Mobiles must have low self-esteem, because anything else is seen as arrogance.
(d) No First Mobile has ever returned from Winter alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two nights and one day after Estraven and Stokven become kemmers, Estraven is attacked by a party from Stok and presumed killed. Stokven tells his countrymen what to do with Estraven's body. Did they follow Stokven's orders?

2. What religion are the Foretellers?

3. What takes place between Estraven II and Therem of Stok?

4. What answer (in part) does the king receive?

5. What is the length of the Gethenians' sexual cycle?

(see the answer key)

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