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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 literary construct is intended by the introduction into the story of Argaven's pregnancy?
(a) Satire.
(b) Humor.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

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

3. What happens to Genly during the first week of his arrest?
(a) He is drugged and interrogated.
(b) His passport is returned to him and he is released.
(c) He is placed on trial.
(d) He is hit on by an Orgota in kemmer.

4. Why does the Ekumen send only one representative to Karhide?
(a) They are low on resources.
(b) The Ekumen believe that one voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.
(c) It is a trick; in actuality, the Ekumen have troops waiting to invade as soon as Genly gives the word to do so.
(d) Genly is the only ambassador who knows how to speak the Gethenite language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mortar the king applies to the Arch's keystone made of?

2. Whom does Estraven believe the people of Orgoreyn fear?

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

4. What religion are the Foretellers?

5. What, in the report documented in Chapter 7, does the Investigator say is an "appalling experience?"

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