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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 do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?
(a) First Mobiles are accepted as natives.
(b) First Mobiles must have low self-esteem, because anything else is seen as arrogance.
(c) No First Mobile has ever returned from Winter alive.
(d) First Mobiles must be self-assured, because their pride will be tested.

2. Are there any long-term effects of Getheren's long exposure to the cold?
(a) Yes. He loses his right foot to frostbite.
(b) No. He is dressed warmly enough to protect himself.
(c) Yes. He loses his left hand to frostbite.
(d) No. Those inhabiting Karhide are not susceptible to the cold.

3. What happens to Genly's passport, once he enters Orgoreyn?
(a) He accidentally drops it into the river and loses it.
(b) It is stamped and he is granted entry.
(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.

4. Where does Genly think about going next, and where does he actually decide to go?
(a) The Fastnesses/Orgoreyn.
(b) The Pering Ice/the Gobrin Ice.
(c) The Gobrin Ice/the Pering Ice.
(d) Orgoreyn/the Fastnesses.

5. What name does Estraven give to the doctor while he is in the hospital?
(a) Therem Harth.
(b) Therem Estraven.
(c) Therem Ashe.
(d) Therem Ai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Estraven II known throughout history as for his actions?

2. What news comes from Argaven's palace during the month of Kus?

3. What does Genly do during his time in Otherhord, while he is waiting to be taken to the Foretellers?

4. Before he dies, what does Estraven II do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Genly's decision to take money to Estraven on Ashe's behalf significant?

2. Why does the First Ekumen send only one representative (Genly) to King Argaven to conduct negotiations with him on its behalf?

3. What themes are present in Chapter 5?

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

5. Why does the Lord of Estre decide to raise the baby that was given to the warder as a son of the hearth?

6. What does Sorve, Estraven's son, ask Genly to tell him about?

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

8. What is the nature of the relationship between Karhide and Orgoreyn?

9. How does betrayal figure in Chapter 9?

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

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