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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, One Way in to Orgoreyn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the origin of the story told in Chapter 4?
(a) Orogeyn.
(b) West Karhide.
(c) East Karhide.
(d) Gethen.

2. What is the nineteenth day of the month known as?
(a) Charuthe.
(b) Osdreth.
(c) The nineteenth day.
(d) Thangering.

3. What is the price Genly is charged for an audience with the Foretellers?
(a) As a First Mobile, he isn't charged anything.
(b) Three rubies.
(c) One ruby.
(d) Two rubies.

4. What is the nature of the request made by Genly Ai in Chapter 6?
(a) He requests permission to enter the Commensality.
(b) He asks to be taken to Shelt Port.
(c) He requests asylum in Orgoreyn.
(d) He asks Estraven to pledge kemmering to him.

5. Before leaving his homeland, what does Getheren do?
(a) He bundles up as warmly as he can to protect himself from the cold.
(b) He lays a curse upon the Hearth that plunges it into poverty.
(c) He steals the Hearth's wealth, thereby plunging it into poverty.
(d) He vows kemmering to his brother, which earns him a death sentence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose name comes up during Estraven's dinner conversation with Commensals Yegey and Obsle?

3. What happens for the first time in Chapter 6?

4. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?

5. What is the name of Lord Berosty's kemmering?

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