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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 themes are highlighted in the story told in Chapter 4?
(a) Love and betrayal.
(b) Suicide and murder.
(c) Obsession and compulsion.
(d) Love and hatred.

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

3. When Estraven finishes calculating the rations for their winter journey, what parameters does he establish?
(a) Considering the distance is 400 miles, and they need to travel at a rate of 21 miles a day, they have enough rations for 30 days.
(b) Considering the trip is 800 miles, and traveling at a rate of 12 miles a day, they have enough rations for 78 days.
(c) Considering the distance is 800 miles, traveling at a rate of 21 miles a day, they have enough rations for 78 days.
(d) Considering the distance is 400 miles, traveling at a rate of 12 miles a day, they have enough rations for 30 days.

4. When does the story in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) 10 years in the future.
(c) 50 years ago.
(d) 200 years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?

2. How does Genly finance the trip he takes in Chapter 5?

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

4. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?

5. What name does Estraven give to the doctor while he is in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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