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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This city is the capital of the nation of Karhide:
(a) Erhenrang.
(b) The Island.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) Berlin.

2. What answer (in part) does the king receive?
(a) I want Gethen to join the Ekumen to promote universal peace and harmony.
(b) I do not know what makes a man loyal.
(c) I do not know what makes a man a traitor.
(d) I sent Genly to you to ask your nation to join the Ekumen.

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

4. In this story, what does the main character, Lord Berosty, do?
(a) Lord Berosty asks the Weaver Odren if he will ever get married.
(b) Lord Berosty requests a Foretelling of the Weaver Odren as to what day his kemmering will die.
(c) Lord Berosty requests a Foretelling of the Weaver Odren as to what day he will die.
(d) Lord Berosty asks the Weaver Odren how many children he will have.

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

6. What themes are highlighted in the story told in Chapter 4?
(a) Obsession and compulsion.
(b) Suicide and murder.
(c) Love and betrayal.
(d) Love and hatred.

7. What are the important themes of Chapter 2?
(a) Breaking the law and exile.
(b) Kemmering and love.
(c) Betrayal and hatred.
(d) Marriage and divorce.

8. What is the bridge on the river Ey?
(a) The border between Orgoreyn and Mishnory.
(b) The border between Gorinhering and Erhenrang.
(c) A movie about POWs during the Second World War.
(d) The border between Karhide and Orgoreyn.

9. What is the mortar the king applies to the Arch's keystone made of?
(a) Ground animal bones mixed with human blood.
(b) Ground human bones mixed with human blood.
(c) Cement.
(d) Ground animal bones mixed with animal blood.

10. Who visits Genly the morning following the dinner with which Chapter 8 ends?
(a) Estraven.
(b) Argaven.
(c) Tibe.
(d) The Commensals.

11. Before he dies, what does Estraven II do?
(a) He wins the feud with Stok without any loss of land.
(b) He loses the feud with Stok, and Estre becoms part of the Domain of Stok.
(c) He ends the feud with Stok by giving half the disputed land to the Domain of Stok.
(d) He wins the feud with Stok and claims the entire Domain for Estre.

12. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually inactive called?
(a) Somer.
(b) Frigidity.
(c) Menopause.
(d) Kemmer.

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

14. What does Genly ask the Foretellers?
(a) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?
(b) Will Gethen become a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?
(c) Will Gethen be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within seven years?
(d) Will Karhide be a member of the Ekumen of the Known Worlds within five years?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Estraven give to the doctor while he is in the hospital?

2. What is the gender of the inhabitants of Gethen?

3. What is the advice that Estraven gives Genly during his visit to Genly's apartment in Mishnory?

4. Why does Chapter 5 say that Genly has come to Rer?

5. What are the two themes that are introduced in Chapter 1?

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