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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important concept is brought up again in Chapter 10?
(a) Love and betrayal.
(b) Death and life.
(c) Facade and veneer.
(d) Honesty and genuineness.

2. 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?

3. After leaving Kuseben, where does Estraven first land?
(a) The Orgny Fastness.
(b) Mishnory.
(c) The Gulf of Charisune.
(d) Shelt Port, Orgoreyn.

4. Who is waiting for Estraven at the city gate when he arrives in Kuseben?
(a) His two sons.
(b) Ashe, his former kemmering.
(c) Genly Ai.
(d) Tibe.

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

6. What does Estraven do once he learns of his exile?
(a) He writes to his former kemmering to ask if he can join him in the Orgny Fastness.
(b) He attempts to murder Tibe.
(c) Estraven writes to his former kemmering, telling him to sell certain valuables so that their sons will have money.
(d) He sends a telegram to Genly to ask for his help.

7. What are the two themes that are introduced in Chapter 1?
(a) Betrayal and fear of the unknown.
(b) Religion and spirituality.
(c) Love and betrayal.
(d) Journey and discovery.

8. When baby Therem (also called Estraven) grows up, what happens to him?
(a) He gives birth to a child who will eventually become King Argaven I.
(b) He vows kemmering to Therem of Stok.
(c) His kemmering sons attack and wound him after he is named heir of Estre.
(d) His kemmering sons attack and kill him after he is named heir of Estre.

9. Are there any long-term effects of Getheren's long exposure to the cold?
(a) No. He is dressed warmly enough to protect himself.
(b) Yes. He loses his right foot to frostbite.
(c) No. Those inhabiting Karhide are not susceptible to the cold.
(d) Yes. He loses his left hand to frostbite.

10. What is the primary conflict in Chapter 2 that sets its events in motion?
(a) Two brothers are commanded to break their kemmering vow.
(b) Two brothers are exiled.
(c) Two hearths go to war against each other.
(d) Two brothers are commanded to vow kemmering.

11. How does Genly Ai spend the summer?
(a) Genly spends the summer in Passerer, trying o avert war with Siuwensin.
(b) Genly spends the summer traveling, observing, and listening.
(c) Genly spends the summer in Karhide, hiding from Tibe.
(d) Genly spends the summer in Mishnory, working in the ice-house with Estraven.

12. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?
(a) He gives up his position and relocates permanently to a fastness.
(b) He becomes a traitor to his country and moves to Estre.
(c) He banishes the men who lied to him.
(d) He kills the men who lied to him.

13. What news comes from Argaven's palace during the month of Kus?
(a) The King is pregnant.
(b) The King is dying.
(c) The King has vowed kemmer.
(d) The Queen is pregnant.

14. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?
(a) A picture of a male from Earth.
(b) A picture of a female from Cime.
(c) A picture of a fellow Gethenian.
(d) A picture of the supreme leader of the Ekumen.

15. What, in the report documented in Chapter 7, does the Investigator say is an "appalling experience?"
(a) Having sex with a Gethenian.
(b) Watching a Gethenian give birth.
(c) Being judged as a Gethenian.
(d) Being judged as a human.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the second Estraven in Chapter 9 (Estraven II) wind up after his failed hunting trip?

2. What happens to Estraven when he tries to leave Kuseben by boat?

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

4. Before leaving his homeland, what does Getheren do?

5. What takes place between Estraven II and Therem of Stok?

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