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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Orgota religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) There is only good; there is no evil.
(b) Both good and evil exist.
(c) There is neither good nor evil.
(d) There is only evil; there is no good.

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

3. What type of prisoner is Genly?
(a) Prisoner of war.
(b) Political prisoner.
(c) Prisoner of conscience.
(d) Prisoner of love.

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

5. What does Genly do in Chapter 19 that he would not allow himself to do in Chapter 16?
(a) Genly allows himself to trust Estraven.
(b) Genly stops and asks for directions.
(c) Genly has sex with Estraven.
(d) Genly breaks down and cries.

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

7. What does Estraven do with the letter he writes to his son, and why?
(a) He doesn't send it because it would condemn his son.
(b) He sends it because he misses his son.
(c) He hand delivers it to his son.
(d) He doesn't send it because he disowned his son.

8. 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 herbivore.
(b) Pesthry, a fox-like omnivore.
(c) Pesthry, a type of game bird.
(d) Pesthry, a fox-like carnivore.

9. Whom does Genly visit at the end of spring?
(a) Ashe, Estraven's former kemmering.
(b) Esvans Harth ir rem Estraven, Estraven's father, and Arek, Estraven's older brother.
(c) Heo Lang Hew.
(d) The Weaver Orden.

10. How many of the sleepers did Edondurath kill after he woke up?
(a) 36.
(b) None; he was the only one.
(c) 63.
(d) 90.

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

12. What does Estraven's social status change to after he receives the money from Genly?
(a) Dependent, meaning he can't support himself.
(b) Unit, meaning he can't support himself.
(c) Dependent, meaning he is able to support himself.
(d) Unit, meaning he is able to support himself.

13. Who agrees to take a message on Estraven's behalf to King Argaven regarding what has happened to Genly Ai?
(a) The Thirty-Three.
(b) Ashe.
(c) Sardon rem ir Chenewich.
(d) Shusgis.

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

15. As Chapter 15 opens, where do Genly and Estraven decide to hide for the winter?
(a) Gobrin Ice.
(b) Mishnory.
(c) Kerm Ice.
(d) Gethen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illegal (according to the Law of Cultural Embargo) skill does Genly teach Estraven?

2. On what day of their trip do Genly and Estraven eventually arrive in Karhide?

3. What was the Gobrin Ice Plateau like, according to Genly's notes?

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

5. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?

(see the answer keys)

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