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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 gender of the inhabitants of Gethen?
(a) Androgynous.
(b) Entirely male.
(c) Entirely female.
(d) Male and female.

2. This city is the capital of the nation of Karhide:
(a) Erhenrang.
(b) The Island.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) Berlin.

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

4. What happens to Getheren on the third morning after his departure from his homeland?
(a) He finds shelter in an abandoned hunting camp.
(b) His hands and feet are frostbitten.
(c) He is rescued and granted asylum by his rescuers.
(d) He commits suicide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does a journey from Gethen to the Prime World, Hain, take?

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

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

4. What is Genly Ai's mission?

5. What is the purpose of the parade upon which Chapter 1 opens?

(see the answer key)

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