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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. How long does a journey from Gethen to the Prime World, Hain, take?
(a) 67 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 670 years.
(d) 76 years.

2. When a Gethenian becomes sexually active and finds a partner, what happens?
(a) Hormones kick in, and either male or female genitalia develop.
(b) Hormones kick in, and female genitalia develop.
(c) Hormones kick in, and both male and female genitalia develop.
(d) Hormones kick in, and male genitalia develop.

3. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually inactive called?
(a) Somer.
(b) Menopause.
(c) Kemmer.
(d) Frigidity.

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

5. Could the Foretellers answer the Lord of Shorth's question? What happened?
(a) No; they said no one could possibly know that answer.
(b) Yes; they knew the answer, but refused to give it to him.
(c) No; they clubbed him to death to get out of answering it.
(d) Yes; however, the answer was never recorded and is lost to history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?

2. What religion are the Foretellers?

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

4. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually active called?

5. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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