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

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

3. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?
(a) 8.4 months.
(b) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(c) 4.8 months.
(d) 9 months.

4. What is the significance of the title of Chapter 4, "The Nineteenth Day?"
(a) The nineteenth day, in any month, is Lord Berosty's forecasted wedding date.
(b) Nineteen is the number of children Lord Berosty is forecasted to have.
(c) The Nineteenth Day is the day, in any month, on which Lord Berosty's kemmering will die.
(d) The Nineteenth Day is the day, in any month, on which Lord Berosty is predicted to die

5. What is the monogamous partnership between two Gethenians called?
(a) Kemmering.
(b) Somering.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Partnership.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?

2. Who is waiting for Estraven at the city gate when he arrives in Kuseben?

3. After he loses his registration due to a change in the Alien Registry Law, what happens to Estraven?

4. What is the name of the place where Estraven is granted asylum, to which he must travel?

5. Before leaving his homeland, what does Getheren do?

(see the answer key)

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