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

2. When Genly finally gets to Mishnory, whom does he find there?
(a) Ashe.
(b) Estraven.
(c) King Argaven.
(d) Prime Minister Tibe.

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

4. What news comes from Argaven's palace during the month of Kus?
(a) The King is pregnant.
(b) The Queen is pregnant.
(c) The King is dying.
(d) The King has vowed kemmer.

5. What does Lord Berosty's kemmering offer in return for being told how long Lord Berosty will live?
(a) He offers his life.
(b) He offers three cows and a chicken.
(c) He offers his first-born child.
(d) He offers his life's savings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Genly finance the trip he takes in Chapter 5?

2. What is the primary conflict in Chapter 2 that sets its events in motion?

3. What is the monogamous partnership between two Gethenians called?

4. What do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?

5. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?

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