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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Estraven at the city gate when he arrives in Kuseben?

2. Where does Estraven find employment in his new home?

3. What is Genly Ai's mission?

4. What do the Investigator's field notes say about being a First Mobile on Winter?

5. What is the period of time during which a Gethenian is sexually inactive called?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Getheren 'took back his name and shadow,' what effect did it have on Shath and why?

2. What is the Thangering Fastness?

3. What is different about the love in the fable told in Chapter 9?

4. How does betrayal figure in Chapter 9?

5. 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?

6. What is the nature of the relationship between Estraven and Tibe, and why?

7. What piece of advice does Estraven give Genly while explaining to him what the king will do once he receives word of Genly's capture?

8. In Chapter 18, what effect does Genly say that Estraven's being in kemmer hadson him?

9. Why does Estraven enter dothe after he arrives at the farm where Genly is being held?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 8, Genly Ai's naїveté is once again painfully evident, as he assumes the people of Orgoreyn are more advanced and civilized than the Karhidites. What causes Genly to come to this conclusion, and what, based on what you read in Chapter 8, is the truth about Orgoreyn? Is it indeed more advanced and civilized than Karhide? Use specific examples from Chapter 8, and previous chapters if applicable, to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Please describe Lord Berosty's obsession and what it prevents him from doing, as well as Genly Ai's obsession and what it prevents him from doing. Explain the parallels that can be drawn between the two men in regards to their respective obsessions.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Estraven's statement regarding patriotism, "What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing." How do the inhabitants of Orgoreyn, and those of Karhide, show their patriotism for their respective countries? Back your statements up with excerpts from the novel, then compare and contrast both Orgoreyn and Karhide's expressions of patriotism with how patriotism is expressed and displayed in your own country. What do you think is good about how Orgoreyn and Karhide express their patriotism that perhaps should be adopted in your country, and what about how patriotism is expressed in your country should be adopted by Orgoreyn and Karhide (if that were possible)?

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