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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Mad King.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the climate on the planet Gethen, year-round?
(a) Warm and sunny.
(b) The planet experiences all four seasons.
(c) Cool and rainy.
(d) Cold and freezing.

2. What are the economic conditions of Getheren's homeland, before and after he takes back his name and shadow?
(a) Poverty/poverty.
(b) Prosperity/prosperity.
(c) Prosperity/poverty.
(d) Poverty/prosperity.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Gethenians' mating cycle known as?

2. What are the important themes of Chapter 2?

3. What is the Gethenians' sexual orientation, according to Chapter 3?

4. This city is the capital of the nation of Karhide:

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

(see the answer key)

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