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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 Estraven find employment in his new home?
(a) He lives on a commune and helps with field labor and gardening.
(b) He works as an orderly in the hospital.
(c) He remains unemployed and dependent on charity.
(d) He works in the ice-houses, packing fish.

2. What unanswerable question did the Lord of Shorth, according to Goss, force the foretellers to answer?
(a) When will I die?
(b) What is the meaning of life?
(c) Why is the sky blue?
(d) What happens after death?

3. Is it possible for a Gethenian to change gender from one period of sexual activity to another?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) The book does not specify.
(d) Maybe.

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

5. Between which two domains is the blood feud in Chapter 9?
(a) The Domain of Stok and the Domain of Estre.
(b) The Domain of Shath and the Domain of Stok.
(c) The Domain of Karhide and the Domain of Orgoreyn.
(d) The Domain of Shath and the Domain of Estre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do Gethenians become pregnant as males, or as females?

2. What is the bridge on the river Ey?

3. When Genly and other prisoners are taken from their first detention facility, what is their destination?

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

5. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?

(see the answer key)

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