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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 message does the king ask Genly to send to Hain using his communicator?
(a) What makes a man loyal?
(b) Why did you send Genly here?
(c) Why do you want my nation to join the Ekumen?
(d) What makes a man a traitor?

2. Who wants to bring the ship to Orgota?
(a) Yegey and Slose.
(b) Yegey and Obsle.
(c) Genly and Estraven.
(d) Slose and Gaum.

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

4. What happens to Estraven when he tries to leave Kuseben by boat?
(a) The boat sinks and he drowns.
(b) He is shot by a sonic gun, and is captured by Tibe's forces.
(c) He is shot by a sonic gun, then rescued by a harbor patrol ship.
(d) Nothing happens; he successfully escapes and lands at Shelt Port in Orgoreyn.

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 vows kemmering to his brother, which earns him a death sentence.
(d) He steals the Hearth's wealth, thereby plunging it into poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lord Berosty after his kemmering's death?

2. What is the price Genly is charged for an audience with the Foretellers?

3. After his return to Erhenrang, Genly sends Tibe a note. What is in this note?

4. Do Gethenians become pregnant as males, or as females?

5. What does Chapter 17 say there was in the beginning?

(see the answer key)

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