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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Between Drummer and Dremegole.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?
(a) The Gobrin Ice/the Pering Ice.
(b) The Fastnesses/Orgoreyn.
(c) The Pering Ice/the Gobrin Ice.
(d) Orgoreyn/the Fastnesses.

2. Where does the second Estraven in Chapter 9 (Estraven II) wind up after his failed hunting trip?
(a) Falling into Icefoot Lake and drowning.
(b) Back home in Estre.
(c) Dying in the wilderness, with his body eaten by wild beasts.
(d) The home of Therem of Stok.

3. What happens when Genly speaks before the Thirty-Three?
(a) Genly is deported by the Thirty-Three.
(b) News of Genly finally became public knowledge in Orgoreyn.
(c) Obsle becomes afraid of him and cancels the reception that was scheduled for him.
(d) Obsle becomes convinced that Genly is a good person.

4. What does Lord Berosty do after receiving his Foretelling?
(a) He decides to live life to the fullest and starts living like a daredevil.
(b) He returns to one of his family domains and locks himself in the Hearth-Tower for ten months.
(c) He commits suicide immediately.
(d) He kills his kemmering.

5. How does Genly's lunch with the Commensals differ from his meeting with King Argaven?
(a) The Commensals, unlike King Argaven, were interested in Genly's mission and in the Ekumen, and wanted to look at his pictures.
(b) The accommodations were much more luxurious.
(c) There was no difference. The Commensals weren't any more interested than King Argaven was.
(d) The food was much better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens for the first time in Chapter 6?

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

3. What does Genly learn during his lunch with the local politicians?

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

5. As Chapter 14 opens, what realization has Estraven come to?

(see the answer key)

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