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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 in kemmer all the time.
(d) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are not androgynous.

2. 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 physically tortured; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.
(b) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.
(c) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually dies because of it.
(d) He is physically tortured; he eventually dies because of it.

3. Whom does Estraven believe the people of Orgoreyn fear?
(a) Karhide.
(b) Genly.
(c) Each other.
(d) Estraven.

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

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

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

7. By the end of Chapter 16, how many total miles since leaving their first camp have Estraven and Genly covered?
(a) 75.
(b) 13.
(c) 245.
(d) 254.

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

9. Around the time of the earthquake, what does Estraven notice that Genly is repressing himself from doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Urinating.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Eating.

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

11. After Genly's meeting with Agraven, where is the Star Ship given clearance to land?
(a) The Round-Tower Dwelling.
(b) Athten Fen.
(c) The Corner Red Dwelling.
(d) Gobrin Ice.

12. What happens when Genly speaks before the Thirty-Three?
(a) News of Genly finally became public knowledge in Orgoreyn.
(b) Obsle becomes afraid of him and cancels the reception that was scheduled for him.
(c) Obsle becomes convinced that Genly is a good person.
(d) Genly is deported by the Thirty-Three.

13. How does Estraven acquire the initial supplies and food for the winter journey?
(a) He buys them in Turuf.
(b) He goes hunting.
(c) He steals them in Turuf.
(d) He acquires them before freeing Genly and hides them for later access.

14. What does Chapter 17 say there was in the beginning?
(a) The Gobrin Ice.
(b) Nothing--the world was without form and void.
(c) Edondurath.
(d) Sun and ice.

15. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?
(a) He has gone into kemmer.
(b) He is starving himself.
(c) He has gone into dothe.
(d) He has lost all patience with Genly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Genly during the first week of his arrest?

2. What is the name of the first Karhidish village to which Genly and Estraven come?

3. When Estraven leaves Mishnory under an assumed name and with forged papers, where does he wind up?

4. How many of the sleepers did Edondurath kill after he woke up?

5. How long ago did the High Priest compose the sayings in Chapter 12?

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