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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 is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?
(a) To ask permission to travel to Orgoreyn.
(b) To convince the king that he is an envoy from another planet, and to start a dialogue about Gethen becoming part of the Ekumen.
(c) To pledge kemmering to the king.
(d) To talk to the king about Estraven.

2. How far is Rer from Karhide?
(a) 11,000 miles.
(b) 11 miles.
(c) 1,100 miles.
(d) 110 miles.

3. What is the Gethenians' mating cycle known as?
(a) Being in heat.
(b) Kemmer.
(c) Libido.
(d) Mating cycle.

4. What is the name of Karhide's king?
(a) King Aragon.
(b) King Argaven XIV.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) King Argaven XV.

5. Is Lord Berosty satisfied with the answer he receives? Why?
(a) Yes. Nineteen is his favorite number.
(b) No. He wants the answer to be a different day than the nineteenth.
(c) Yes. He knows that only three months of the year have nineteen days.
(d) No. He wants to know the month and year as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of the story told in Chapter 4?

2. What does Estraven do once he learns of his exile?

3. Who tells Getheren that he is in danger of suicide?

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

5. What literary construct is intended by the introduction into the story of Argaven's pregnancy?

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