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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. What are the economic conditions of Getheren's homeland, before and after he takes back his name and shadow?
(a) Prosperity/poverty.
(b) Prosperity/prosperity.
(c) Poverty/poverty.
(d) Poverty/prosperity.

2. What takes place between Estraven II and Therem of Stok?
(a) They kill each other.
(b) They vow kemmering.
(c) They vow to continue their feud until one of them dies.
(d) They vow peace between their two houses.

3. Is it possible for a Gethenian to change gender from one period of sexual activity to another?
(a) No.
(b) The book does not specify.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

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

5. What is the Sarf?
(a) It is the national church system.
(b) It is the nation's trash-removal service. "Sarf" means "trash."
(c) It is a secret police bureau that looks out for false registries, forgeries, and unauthorized travel.
(d) It is the name for the court of the king of Orgoreyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Berosty kill his kemmering after his return from Thangering Fastness and Weaver Odren?

2. After his return to Erhenrang, Genly sends Tibe a note. What is in this note?

3. What is the Foretellers' answer to the question that Genly asks them?

4. Why is it so monumental that Estraven and Stokven swore kemmering to each other?

5. Where does Getheren wind up after he leaves Karhide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Shath Domain, Getheren's homeland, experiencing poverty and widespread illness near the end of Chapter 2?

2. What does Estraven accomplish in Chapter 6 concerning Genly Ai?

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

4. Why, in Chapter 15, are Genly and Estraven still calling each other by their last names (respectively, Ai and Therem)?

5. What does Commissioner Shusgis do that is so surprising to Genly? Why does it surprise him?

6. 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?

7. What does the story in Chapter 9 foreshadow?

8. Why does darkness follow each child born to Edondurath and his partner?

9. With what does this story say that Lord Berosty is obsessed with?

10. In Chapter 19, how is betrayal portrayed?

(see the answer keys)

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