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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. Where does Genly live during the month of Kus?
(a) Orgoreyn.
(b) Erhenrang.
(c) Mishnory.
(d) Gorinhering.

2. What is the Gethenians' sexual orientation, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Homosexual.
(b) Asexual.
(c) Androgynous.
(d) Heterosexual.

3. How long does a journey from Gethen to the Prime World, Hain, take?
(a) 76 years.
(b) 67 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 670 years.

4. Why does Genly wind up on a communal farm?
(a) He enjoyed his communal experience in Otherhord so much, he wants to relive it.
(b) He is taken as a prisoner of war, and the farm is where all POWs are being held.
(c) He has to flee without his passport when fighting starts between Karhide and Orgoreyn..
(d) He is broke and needs money.

5. What message does the king ask Genly to send to Hain using his communicator?
(a) Why do you want my nation to join the Ekumen?
(b) What makes a man a traitor?
(c) Why did you send Genly here?
(d) What makes a man loyal?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the result of Genly's meeting with the king?

3. When baby Therem (also called Estraven) grows up, what happens to him?

4. Two nights and one day after Estraven and Stokven become kemmers, Estraven is attacked by a party from Stok and presumed killed. Stokven tells his countrymen what to do with Estraven's body. Did they follow Stokven's orders?

5. Who finds Getheren on the ninth day after he leaves his homeland?

(see the answer key)

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