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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 is the name of the Investigator who documents Gethenians' androgyny?
(a) Tot Ong Oppong.
(b) Oppong Tot Ong.
(c) Oppong Ong Tot.
(d) Ong Tot Oppong.

2. When baby Therem (also called Estraven) grows up, what happens to him?
(a) He gives birth to a child who will eventually become King Argaven I.
(b) His kemmering sons attack and wound him after he is named heir of Estre.
(c) His kemmering sons attack and kill him after he is named heir of Estre.
(d) He vows kemmering to Therem of Stok.

3. What does Genly do during his time in Otherhord, while he is waiting to be taken to the Foretellers?
(a) Genly assists in the communal work of field labor, gardening, woodcutting, and maintenance.
(b) Genly is apprenticed to the blacksmith.
(c) Genly works in the village's general store.
(d) Genly tries to convince Otherhord to become part of the Ekumen.

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

5. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 4.8 months.
(c) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(d) 8.4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does the king ask Genly to send to Hain using his communicator?

2. Why does Chapter 5 say that Genly has come to Rer?

3. Before he dies, what does Estraven II do?

4. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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