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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. Where does the story in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) The Hearth of Shath.
(b) The Hearth of Orhoch.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) Karhide.

2. What is the primary conflict in Chapter 2 that sets its events in motion?
(a) Two brothers are commanded to vow kemmering.
(b) Two hearths go to war against each other.
(c) Two brothers are commanded to break their kemmering vow.
(d) Two brothers are exiled.

3. What is the Foretellers' answer to the question that Genly asks them?
(a) No.
(b) The question is unanswerable.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

4. Who finds Getheren on the ninth day after he leaves his homeland?
(a) Hode.
(b) The posse sent by the Lord of Hearth.
(c) The people of Orhoch Hearth.
(d) No one; he dies of exposure as a result.

5. How does Genly's lunch with the Commensals differ from his meeting with King Argaven?
(a) The Commensals, unlike King Argaven, were interested in Genly's mission and in the Ekumen, and wanted to look at his pictures.
(b) The food was much better.
(c) There was no difference. The Commensals weren't any more interested than King Argaven was.
(d) The accommodations were much more luxurious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Genly ask the Foretellers?

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

3. What does Odren tell Lord Berosty's kemmering?

4. What is the name of the Investigator who documents Gethenians' androgyny?

5. Is it possible for a Gethenian to change gender from one period of sexual activity to another?

(see the answer key)

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