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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. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?
(a) A picture of a female from Cime.
(b) A picture of the supreme leader of the Ekumen.
(c) A picture of a fellow Gethenian.
(d) A picture of a male from Earth.

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

3. 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?
(a) Yes, they leave him in the woods for the wild beasts to eat.
(b) No, they leave him in the woods for the wild beasts to eat.
(c) Yes, they take him to Estre for burial.
(d) No, they take him to Estre for burial.

4. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?
(a) Orgoreyn/the Fastnesses.
(b) The Pering Ice/the Gobrin Ice.
(c) The Fastnesses/Orgoreyn.
(d) The Gobrin Ice/the Pering Ice.

5. Do Gethenians become pregnant as males, or as females?
(a) Males.
(b) Either gender can become pregnant.
(c) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(d) Females.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

3. What religion are the Foretellers?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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