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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Question of Sex.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Is Lord Berosty satisfied with the answer he receives? Why?
(a) No. He wants the answer to be a different day than the nineteenth.
(b) Yes. He knows that only three months of the year have nineteen days.
(c) Yes. Nineteen is his favorite number.
(d) No. He wants to know the month and year as well.

3. What is the result of Genly's meeting with the king?
(a) The king is so offended by Genly's pictures that he has Genly imprisoned.
(b) The meeting is not successful; the king is not interested in Karhide becoming part of the Ekumen.
(c) The meeting is successful; Karhide becomes part of the Ekumen.
(d) It is a good "get to know you" meeting; the king is interested in learning more about the Ekumen and schedules a second discussion with Genly.

4. What name does Estraven give to the doctor while he is in the hospital?
(a) Therem Ashe.
(b) Therem Ai.
(c) Therem Harth.
(d) Therem Estraven.

5. Who is the Prime Minister in Chapter 1?
(a) Tony Blair.
(b) Genly Ai.
(c) Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe ('Tibe' for short) .
(d) Therem Harth rem ir Estraven (Estraven for short).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens for the first time in Chapter 6?

3. What unanswerable question did the Lord of Shorth, according to Goss, force the foretellers to answer?

4. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?

5. Whose name comes up during Estraven's dinner conversation with Commensals Yegey and Obsle?

(see the answer key)

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