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

2. Why does Berosty kill his kemmering after his return from Thangering Fastness and Weaver Odren?
(a) Berosty discovered his partner had broken kemmering.
(b) The kemmering didn't ask *how long* Lord Berosty would live, but instead *when* Lord Berosty would die.
(c) He didn't ask *when* Lord Berosty would die, but *how long* Lord Berosty would live.
(d) Berosty didn't want his kemmering to approach Weaver Odren, and the kemmering had disobeyed his orders.

3. What are the important themes of Chapter 2?
(a) Kemmering and love.
(b) Betrayal and hatred.
(c) Breaking the law and exile.
(d) Marriage and divorce.

4. What, in the report documented in Chapter 7, does the Investigator say is an "appalling experience?"
(a) Watching a Gethenian give birth.
(b) Being judged as a Gethenian.
(c) Having sex with a Gethenian.
(d) Being judged as a human.

5. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually active called?
(a) Heat.
(b) Kemmer.
(c) Sommer.
(d) Estrus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odren tell Lord Berosty's kemmering?

2. How far is Rer from Karhide?

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

4. What themes are highlighted in the story told in Chapter 4?

5. What does Lord Berosty's kemmering offer in return for being told how long Lord Berosty will live?

(see the answer key)

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