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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the high priest?
(a) Tuhulme.
(b) Handdara.
(c) Yomesh.
(d) Meshe.

2. What happens to Genly shortly after Estraven reappears in Chapter 11 to warn him?
(a) He is arrested and taken to the Pulefen Commensality Farm.
(b) He is arrested and taken to Kundershaden Prison.
(c) He is arrested and deported to Karhide.
(d) He is arrested and sentenced to death.

3. How does Estraven blackmail Shusgis?
(a) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Tibe.
(b) By telling him that he (Estraven) was asked to assassinate him, but would rather protect him instead.
(c) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Obsle and Yegey.
(d) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Genly Ai.

4. Did Genly accomplish, in the end, his mission to incorporate Winter into the Ekumen, according to Chapter 20?
(a) No.
(b) It is unclear whether or not he did.
(c) Negotiations were still ongoing as of the end of the book. We will never know.
(d) Yes.

5. How long ago did the High Priest compose the sayings in Chapter 12?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 900 years.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) 600 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

2. What does Genly do in Chapter 19 that he would not allow himself to do in Chapter 16?

3. After Estraven's death at the end of Chapter 19, what does Chapter 20 tell us happens to Genly?

4. At one point, Genly finds himself alone in the dormitory with a dying inmate named Asra. What does Genly tell Asra about he people on his (Genly's) planet?

5. When Genly and Estraven come out of Tarrenpeth Forest, a few days into their journey, what does Estraven use his previously-acquired hunting skills to trap?

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