View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Estraven tell Genly that King Argaven will be able to play with Orgota once he receives word of Genly's capture?
(a) Shifgrethor.
(b) Foreteller.
(c) Kemmer.
(d) First Mobile.

2. During the blizzard, what Earth game does Genly teach Estraven to play?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Go.
(c) Mah Jongg.
(d) Chess.

3. 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?
(a) He tells Asra that the people on his planet never go into kemmer.
(b) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are all blond-haired and blue-eyed.
(c) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are not androgynous.
(d) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are in kemmer all the time.

4. What is the name of the first Karhidish village to which Genly and Estraven come?
(a) Sinoth.
(b) Erhenrang.
(c) Kurkurast.
(d) Sassinoth.

5. According to the Orgota creation myth, how many men were created?
(a) 39.
(b) 42.
(c) 93.
(d) 2, one male and one female.

6. As of the beginning of Chapter 18, for how many days had Genly and Estraven been traveling?
(a) 50 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) A year.
(d) 15 days.

7. What happens in Orgoreyn after Agraven confronts the Commensals about what they did to Genly?
(a) The Commensals send assassins to kill Agraven and Tibe is appointed king.
(b) Many Commensals are replaced, Obsle's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.
(c) Many Commensals are replaced, Faxe takes control, and Tibe is executed.
(d) Many Commensals are replaced, Yegey's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.

8. How does Estraven blackmail Shusgis?
(a) By telling him that he (Estraven) was asked to assassinate him, but would rather protect him instead.
(b) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Obsle and Yegey.
(c) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Tibe.
(d) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Genly Ai.

9. What is Edondurath's house made from?
(a) The corpses of the others he had killed.
(b) Sticks and hay.
(c) Snow and ice.
(d) Bricks.

10. In the beginning, how were the hills and valleys made?
(a) Excrement was pulled out of the sun.
(b) Excrement was removed from the sleepers.
(c) Excrement was pulled out of the ground.
(d) As the ice melted, its movement formed hills and valleys.

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

12. When Genly and Estraven come out of Tarrenpeth Forest, a few days into their journey, what does Estraven use his previously-acquired hunting skills to trap?
(a) Pesthry, a fox-like carnivore.
(b) Pesthry, a fox-like omnivore.
(c) Pesthry, a fox-like herbivore.
(d) Pesthry, a type of game bird.

13. After Estraven receives money from Genly, where does he find work?
(a) Estraven doesn't have a job.
(b) Estraven takes a job in a plastics factory.
(c) Estraven finds work with the government.
(d) Estraven goes back to work in the icehouse, packing fish.

14. After Genly is captured and imprisoned in a work camp, what happens to him every five days and what is the consequence?
(a) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually dies because of it.
(b) He is physically tortured; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.
(c) He is physically tortured; he eventually dies because of it.
(d) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.

15. In Chapter 20, who is the first off the Star Ship after it lands?
(a) A woman named Lang Heo Hew.
(b) A woman named Heo Lang Hew.
(c) Genly's wife.
(d) Genly's immediate supervisor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Genly speaks before the Thirty-Three?

2. After Estraven's death at the end of Chapter 19, what does Chapter 20 tell us happens to Genly?

3. What does the sight of the Esherhoth Crags do for Estraven and Genly?

4. What does Estraven's social status change to after he receives the money from Genly?

5. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 761 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample