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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Genly do during his time in Otherhord, while he is waiting to be taken to the Foretellers?
(a) Genly is apprenticed to the blacksmith.
(b) Genly tries to convince Otherhord to become part of the Ekumen.
(c) Genly assists in the communal work of field labor, gardening, woodcutting, and maintenance.
(d) Genly works in the village's general store.

2. Why must Estraven escape on foot?
(a) He doesn't know how to drive.
(b) He is afraid to fly.
(c) If he uses any conveyance, those aiding him would be liable and would be punished.
(d) His car was confiscated when the exile decree was issued.

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

4. Why is it so monumental that Estraven and Stokven swore kemmering to each other?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are of different races.
(d) They are the same gender.

5. What is the name of Karhide's king?
(a) King Argaven XIV.
(b) King Argaven XV.
(c) King Aragon.
(d) King Arthur.

6. What happens to Estraven when he tries to leave Kuseben by boat?
(a) He is shot by a sonic gun, and is captured by Tibe's forces.
(b) The boat sinks and he drowns.
(c) He is shot by a sonic gun, then rescued by a harbor patrol ship.
(d) Nothing happens; he successfully escapes and lands at Shelt Port in Orgoreyn.

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

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

9. What happens to Getheren on the third morning after his departure from his homeland?
(a) His hands and feet are frostbitten.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He is rescued and granted asylum by his rescuers.
(d) He finds shelter in an abandoned hunting camp.

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

11. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?
(a) No apparent gender--can't tell whether the being is male or female.
(b) Male.
(c) Both genders.
(d) Female.

12. What is the Foretellers' answer to the question that Genly asks them?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) The question is unanswerable.
(d) Maybe.

13. What is the length of the Gethenians' sexual cycle?
(a) 28 to 30 days.
(b) 21 to 22 days.
(c) 26 to 28 days.
(d) It's impossible to tell. After all, they're androgynous.

14. When Genly finally gets to Mishnory, whom does he find there?
(a) Ashe.
(b) King Argaven.
(c) Prime Minister Tibe.
(d) Estraven.

15. What is the advice that Estraven gives Genly during his visit to Genly's apartment in Mishnory?
(a) He tells Genly that Orgoreyn is a much better place from which to achieve his mission.
(b) He tells Genly that he is being used as a tool and that it will harm him if he isn't careful.
(c) He tells Genly to encourage Orgoreyn to join the Ekumen.
(d) He tells Genly to leave Orgoreyn as soon as possible because his life is in danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Genly carry in the case that he brings to his meeting with King Argaven?

2. What does Odren tell Lord Berosty's kemmering?

3. Which picture offends the king when Genly shows it to him?

4. When Getheren leaves Orhoch, what name does he travel under?

5. Who tells Getheren that he is in danger of suicide?

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