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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Genly's passport, once he enters Orgoreyn?
(a) He accidentally drops it into the river and loses it.
(b) It is taken from him, and he is put into jail.
(c) It is stamped and he is granted entry.
(d) It is taken from him with promises it will be returned the following day.

3. The planet on which Genly Ai is stationed is called 'Gethen' by its inhabitants. What do humans know this planet as?
(a) Earth.
(b) Winter.
(c) Formaldehyde 5.
(d) Summer.

4. Two nights and one day after Estraven and Stokven become kemmers, Estraven is attacked by a party from Stok and presumed killed. Stokven tells his countrymen what to do with Estraven's body. Did they follow Stokven's orders?
(a) Yes, they leave him in the woods for the wild beasts to eat.
(b) No, they take him to Estre for burial.
(c) Yes, they take him to Estre for burial.
(d) No, they leave him in the woods for the wild beasts to eat.

5. Who is the Prime Minister in Chapter 1?
(a) Genly Ai.
(b) Therem Harth rem ir Estraven (Estraven for short).
(c) Tony Blair.
(d) Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe ('Tibe' for short) .

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nature of the request made by Genly Ai in Chapter 6?

2. What is the monogamous partnership between two Gethenians called?

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

4. What does Genly think the reason for Tibe's frequent radio appearances is?

5. What is the name of Lord Berosty's kemmering?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does betrayal figure in Chapter 9?

2. What does it mean when Handdara, the Karhidish religion, is described as having duality?

3. What theme is brought out in Chapter 11, and how is it brought out?

4. Why does Estraven enter dothe after he arrives at the farm where Genly is being held?

5. Why does Herbor, Lord Berosty's kemmering, offer his life for a Foretelling by the Weaver Odren after Berosty locked himself away?

6. What behavior exhibited by Genly in chapter 19 when he goes into town to make a transmission to the Star Ship, shows that he has grown in his ability to be patient?

7. What does Chapter 3 reveal to us about Genly's nature?

8. In Chapter 19, how is betrayal portrayed?

9. How does Chapter 7 tie into Genly's story?

10. What is the only question that Faxe tells Genly can really be answered?

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