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

2. What answer (in part) does the king receive?
(a) I want Gethen to join the Ekumen to promote universal peace and harmony.
(b) I do not know what makes a man a traitor.
(c) I sent Genly to you to ask your nation to join the Ekumen.
(d) I do not know what makes a man loyal.

3. What is the Gethenians' sexual orientation, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Asexual.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Heterosexual.
(d) Androgynous.

4. Where does Getheren wind up after he leaves Karhide?
(a) The Pering Ice.
(b) The Gobrin Ice.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) The Hearth of Shath.

5. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?
(a) A picture of the supreme leader of the Ekumen.
(b) A picture of a male from Earth.
(c) A picture of a fellow Gethenian.
(d) A picture of a female from Cime.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The relationship between which two characters is introduced in Chapter 1?

3. What message does the king ask Genly to send to Hain using his communicator?

4. When Getheren leaves Orhoch, what name does he travel under?

5. What is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?

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