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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. Are there any long-term effects of Getheren's long exposure to the cold?
2. What is Genly Ai's mission?
3. What does Lord Berosty's kemmering offer in return for being told how long Lord Berosty will live?
4. What is the name of the place where Estraven is granted asylum, to which he must travel?
5. What important concept is brought up again in Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the completion of the Arch of River Gate?
2. What are the primary themes of Chapter 3?
3. In Chapter 5, Genly frets about the slowness of the boats and complains about how long his mission is taking. Why do you think Genly is so impatient throughout Chapter 5?
4. What does it mean when Handdara, the Karhidish religion, is described as having duality?
5. Why does darkness follow each child born to Edondurath and his partner?
6. Why is Genly's decision to take money to Estraven on Ashe's behalf significant?
7. 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?
8. What does Genly say to the Commensals that he never mentioned to King Argaven?
9. What does Argaven do when he learns of Genly's whereabouts in Chapter 20?
10. With what does this story say that Lord Berosty is obsessed with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Near the end of Chapter 5, Faxe tells Genly that the "uncertainty of life makes life possible." Think about what this means, and explain how the uncertainty of life makes life possible. Use examples from the novel, as well as an uncertain time in your own life, as an example.
Essay Topic 2
Think back on the various dichotomies presented in "The Left Hand of Darkness," such as Gethenian's dual sexuality; the coldness of the landscape vs. the warmth of Genly and Estraven's tent; betrayal and love, etc. How do these tie into the theme of light and darkness, and how do they tie into the title of the book, which is part of a Gethenian poem that states light is the left hand of darkness and darkness is the right hand of light? Additionally, what is the poem just quoted trying to say? What does it mean for light to be the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light?
Essay Topic 3
Why is weather so important, both metaphorically, and literally, as explained in "The Left Hand of Darkness?"
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