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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. Who wants to bring the ship to Orgota?
(a) Genly and Estraven.
(b) Slose and Gaum.
(c) Yegey and Obsle.
(d) Yegey and Slose.

2. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?
(a) Female.
(b) No apparent gender--can't tell whether the being is male or female.
(c) Both genders.
(d) Male.

3. What do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?
(a) No First Mobile has ever returned from Winter alive.
(b) First Mobiles must have low self-esteem, because anything else is seen as arrogance.
(c) First Mobiles are accepted as natives.
(d) First Mobiles must be self-assured, because their pride will be tested.

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

5. What is the Orgota religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) There is only evil; there is no good.
(b) There is only good; there is no evil.
(c) Both good and evil exist.
(d) There is neither good nor evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his stay at the farm where Genly is being held, Estraven goes into a state of increased strength called:

2. Why does Genly wind up on a communal farm?

3. What is the significance of the title of Chapter 4, "The Nineteenth Day?"

4. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?

5. Why does Berosty kill his kemmering after his return from Thangering Fastness and Weaver Odren?

(see the answer key)

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