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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 name does Estraven give the man who rescues him?
(a) Arek of Estre.
(b) Estraven.
(c) Therem of Estre.
(d) Therem of Stok.

2. What is the purpose of Genly's meeting with the king?
(a) To talk to the king about Estraven.
(b) To convince the king that he is an envoy from another planet, and to start a dialogue about Gethen becoming part of the Ekumen.
(c) To ask permission to travel to Orgoreyn.
(d) To pledge kemmering to the king.

3. If a Gethenian becomes pregnant, how long is the gestation period (i.e., the amount of time it takes before the baby is born)?
(a) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 8.4 months.
(d) 4.8 months.

4. What happens to Getheren on the third morning after his departure from his homeland?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He is rescued and granted asylum by his rescuers.
(c) His hands and feet are frostbitten.
(d) He finds shelter in an abandoned hunting camp.

5. What does Genly think the reason for Tibe's frequent radio appearances is?
(a) Genly thinks Tibe is trying to incite war with Orgoreyn.
(b) Genly thinks Tibe is trying to overthrow the King.
(c) Genly thinks Tibe is going insane.
(d) Genly thinks Tibe is trying to help convince Karhide to become part of the Ekumen.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving Kuseben, where does Estraven first land?

2. What is the name of Karhide's king?

3. On what day of the month is Genly allowed to visit the Nine Foretellers and ask his question?

4. Why does the Ekumen send only one representative to Karhide?

5. This city is the capital of the nation of Karhide:

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Genly and Estraven's sense of personal responsibility for their fellow man different?

2. 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?

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

4. Why is it wise for Estraven to obtain his hunter's license and learn how to hunt while en route to the farm where Genly is imprisoned?

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

6. What does Estraven do to make Genly angry with him? What is the significance, to Genly, of Estraven's behavior?

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

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

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

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

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