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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Estraven the Traitor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between which two domains is the blood feud in Chapter 9?
(a) The Domain of Stok and the Domain of Estre.
(b) The Domain of Shath and the Domain of Stok.
(c) The Domain of Karhide and the Domain of Orgoreyn.
(d) The Domain of Shath and the Domain of Estre.

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

3. What is Estraven II known throughout history as for his actions?
(a) Estraven the Shrewd.
(b) Estraven the Idiot.
(c) Estraven the Loyal.
(d) Estraven the Traitor.

4. What unanswerable question did the Lord of Shorth, according to Goss, force the foretellers to answer?
(a) What happens after death?
(b) Why is the sky blue?
(c) When will I die?
(d) What is the meaning of life?

5. What religion are the Foretellers?
(a) Orgota.
(b) Karhidish.
(c) Yomesh.
(d) Handdarata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the important themes of Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Karhide's king?

3. When baby Therem (also called Estraven) grows up, what happens to him?

4. When Genly finally gets to Mishnory, whom does he find there?

5. What is the Gethenians' sexual orientation, according to Chapter 3?

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