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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Escape.

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 talk to the king about Estraven.
(d) To pledge kemmering to the king.

2. What is the bridge on the river Ey?
(a) The border between Karhide and Orgoreyn.
(b) The border between Gorinhering and Erhenrang.
(c) The border between Orgoreyn and Mishnory.
(d) A movie about POWs during the Second World War.

3. What does Estraven's social status change to after he receives the money from Genly?
(a) Unit, meaning he is able to support himself.
(b) Unit, meaning he can't support himself.
(c) Dependent, meaning he can't support himself.
(d) Dependent, meaning he is able to support himself.

4. Why is it so monumental that Estraven and Stokven swore kemmering to each other?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are of different races.
(c) They are the same gender.
(d) They are brothers.

5. What is the origin of the story told in Chapter 4?
(a) Orogeyn.
(b) Gethen.
(c) West Karhide.
(d) East Karhide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Estraven do with the letter he writes to his son, and why?

2. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

3. Where does Estraven find employment in his new home?

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

5. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?

(see the answer key)

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