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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. Why must Estraven escape on foot?
(a) He is afraid to fly.
(b) He doesn't know how to drive.
(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.

2. What happens to Lord Berosty after his kemmering's death?
(a) Lord Berosty is tried and executed for the kemmering's murder... on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.
(b) Lord Berosty grieves, but eventually finds another kemmering.
(c) He goes mad and hangs himself on the nineteenth day of the month of Thern.
(d) Lord Berosty relocates permanently to the Thangering Fastness and becomes a monk.

3. What themes are highlighted in the story told in Chapter 4?
(a) Suicide and murder.
(b) Obsession and compulsion.
(c) Love and betrayal.
(d) Love and hatred.

4. What is Genly Ai's mission?
(a) Genly's mission is to encourage Erhenrang to secede from Karhide.
(b) Genly doesn't have a mission; he's just sightseeing.
(c) Genly's mission is to convince Gethen to leave the Ekumen of Known Worlds.
(d) Genly's mission is to negotiate an alliance between Gethen and the Ekumen of Known Worlds.

5. Where does Genly live during the month of Kus?
(a) Erhenrang.
(b) Orgoreyn.
(c) Mishnory.
(d) Gorinhering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?

2. What does Lord Berosty's kemmering offer in return for being told how long Lord Berosty will live?

3. What is the advice that Estraven gives Genly during his visit to Genly's apartment in Mishnory?

4. What is the origin of the story told in Chapter 4?

5. What answer (in part) does the king receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Genly frets about the slowness of the boats and complains about how long his mission is taking. Why do you think Genly is so impatient throughout Chapter 5?

2. What is Genly's impression of Orgoreyn?

3. What does Argaven do when he learns of Genly's whereabouts in Chapter 20?

4. What does Genly do during the time it takes him to journey to the border between Karhide and Orgoreyn? How is he treated during his travels?

5. When Getheren 'took back his name and shadow,' what effect did it have on Shath and why?

6. What is the significance of the completion of the Arch of River Gate?

7. With what does Lord Berosty kill his kemmering?

8. What does Genly say to the Commensals that he never mentioned to King Argaven?

9. What happens to a pregnant Gethenian's body?

10. Investigator Oppong makes a comment about First Mobiles, specifically that they must be self-assured because their pride will suffer. How does this comment relate to Genly?

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