View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is known as the Center of Time?
(a) Handara.
(b) Meshe.
(c) Tuhulme.
(d) Yomesh.

2. After Genly comes to live in Mishnory, what does Estraven find strange about how the local government is handling the presence of a First Mobile in their town?
(a) He finds it strange that Genly is being talked about in the media as if he were a celebrity.
(b) He finds it strange that Tibe's men didn't somehow follow Genly to Mishnory.
(c) He finds it strange that all information pertaining to Genly is censored by the Sarf.
(d) He finds it strange that his association with Genly hasn't cost him his job.

3. What does Genly do in Chapter 19 that he would not allow himself to do in Chapter 16?
(a) Genly allows himself to trust Estraven.
(b) Genly has sex with Estraven.
(c) Genly breaks down and cries.
(d) Genly stops and asks for directions.

4. According to the Orgota creation myth, what will happen to the world at its end?
(a) An asteroid will hit the planet and blow it up.
(b) The sun will explode and melt all the ice.
(c) The sun will devour itself and the planet will turn to a dead rock.
(d) The sun will devour itself, shadow will eat light, and there will once again be nothing but darkness and ice.

5. In his continued arrogance, what does Genly refer to himself as, in comparison with Estraven?
(a) He considers himself a stallion and Estraven a pesthry.
(b) He considers himself a mule and Estraven a stallion.
(c) He considers himself a stallion and Estraven a mule.
(d) He considers himself an owl and Estraven a pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?

2. What do Estraven and Genly do when they arrive at the Bay of Guthen?

3. How did Estraven thaw Genly's left eye when it froze shut?

4. As Chapter 14 opens, what realization has Estraven come to?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 461 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample