The Left Hand of Darkness Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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The Left Hand of Darkness Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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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 happens to Lord Berosty after his kemmering's death?
(a) Lord Berosty is tried and executed for the kemmering's murder... on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.
(b) He goes mad and hangs himself on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.
(c) Lord Berosty relocates permanently to the Thangering Fastness and becomes a monk.
(d) Lord Berosty grieves, but eventually finds another kemmering.

2. Who is waiting for Estraven at the city gate when he arrives in Kuseben?
(a) Genly Ai.
(b) Tibe.
(c) Ashe, his former kemmering.
(d) His two sons.

3. What does Genly ask the Foretellers?
(a) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?
(b) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?
(c) Will Gethen become a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?
(d) Will Gethen be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?

4. What does Lord Berosty do after receiving his Foretelling?
(a) He decides to live life to the fullest and starts living like a daredevil.
(b) He kills his kemmering.
(c) He returns to one of his family domains and locks himself in the Hearth-Tower for ten months.
(d) He commits suicide immediately.

5. What does Estraven do once he learns of his exile?
(a) He writes to his former kemmering to ask if he can join him in the Orgny Fastness.
(b) He sends a telegram to Genly to ask for his help.
(c) Estraven writes to his former kemmering, telling him to sell certain valuables so that their sons will have money.
(d) He attempts to murder Tibe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nature of the request made by Genly Ai in Chapter 6?

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

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

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. In Chapter 1, who is Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe ('Tibe' for short) described as?

(see the answer key)

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