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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is known as the Center of Time?
(a) Meshe.
(b) Handara.
(c) Yomesh.
(d) Tuhulme.

2. What is the nature of the request made by Genly Ai in Chapter 6?
(a) He asks Estraven to pledge kemmering to him.
(b) He requests asylum in Orgoreyn.
(c) He asks to be taken to Shelt Port.
(d) He requests permission to enter the Commensality.

3. In Chapter 1, who is Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe ('Tibe' for short) described as?
(a) The king's cousin.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) There is no one in the book by this name.
(d) The mayor of Erhenrang.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Investigator who documents Gethenians' androgyny?

2. What happens to Genly's passport, once he enters Orgoreyn?

3. How long does a journey from Gethen to the Prime World, Hain, take?

4. Where does the story in Chapter 2 take place?

5. At one point, Genly finds himself alone in the dormitory with a dying inmate named Asra. What does Genly tell Asra about he people on his (Genly's) planet?

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