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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, An Orgota Creation Myth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually active called?
(a) Heat.
(b) Estrus.
(c) Kemmer.
(d) Sommer.

2. What do the Commensals want to do with the information Genly gives to them during lunch?
(a) They want to send an assassin to kill Tibe.
(b) They want to visit Genly's ship.
(c) They want to shoot down the NAFAL ship and kill Genly.
(d) They want to have the Star Ship land in Orgota in order to bring prestige to themselves and the nation.

3. What is the advice that Estraven gives Genly during his visit to Genly's apartment in Mishnory?
(a) He tells Genly that Orgoreyn is a much better place from which to achieve his mission.
(b) He tells Genly that he is being used as a tool and that it will harm him if he isn't careful.
(c) He tells Genly to leave Orgoreyn as soon as possible because his life is in danger.
(d) He tells Genly to encourage Orgoreyn to join the Ekumen.

4. By the end of Chapter 16, how many total miles since leaving their first camp have Estraven and Genly covered?
(a) 13.
(b) 245.
(c) 75.
(d) 254.

5. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?
(a) He kills the men who lied to him.
(b) He becomes a traitor to his country and moves to Estre.
(c) He gives up his position and relocates permanently to a fastness.
(d) He banishes the men who lied to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story in Chapter 2 take place?

2. Why does Genly wind up on a communal farm?

3. Why, after Estraven's successful pesthry hunt, does it become more difficult for him and Genly to travel for the next several days?

4. Where does Getheren wind up after he leaves Karhide?

5. What is the primary conflict in Chapter 2 that sets its events in motion?

(see the answer key)

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