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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Raymond Watts?
(a) A spy George recruits for his movement.
(b) One of George's teachers.
(c) A Sirian agent reporting on Shammat activities on Shikasta.
(d) Rachel's boyfriend.

2. What is happening to Benjamin in Chapter 31?
(a) He is being recalled to the Canopean embassy.
(b) He is being held in a Shammat penitentiary.
(c) He is being shipped off to another planet.
(d) He is undergoing re-education.

3. What doctrine is the teacher in Chapter 17 professing to his students?
(a) Intelligent Design.
(b) Evolution.
(c) He refuses to teach any of these.
(d) Creationism.

4. Who does Johor search for when he reincarnates?
(a) Ben and Rilla.
(b) Suzannah and Rachel.
(c) Taufiq.
(d) David and Sais.

5. What is John Brent-Oxford's role, in Chapter 33?
(a) He is the Prosecutor.
(b) He is the judge.
(c) He is the court scribe.
(d) He is the defense attorney.

6. Which sibling is chubby, argumentative and jealous?
(a) George.
(b) None of them.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Benjamin.

7. Who stages the mock trial in Chapter 33?
(a) The white races.
(b) Canopean emissaries.
(c) The youth armies.
(d) Shammat dignitaries.

8. Who is Hasan?
(a) The Sherbans' neighbor.
(b) One of George's teachers.
(c) Benjamin's cousin.
(d) Rachel's boyfriend.

9. What is the setting of the mock trial?
(a) North Africa.
(b) The Northwest Fringes.
(c) Russia.
(d) Greece.

10. What is the end result of the mock trial?
(a) It becomes an indictment of all humanity.
(b) The trial never concludes.
(c) The whites are acquitted, and those who spoke out against them are punished.
(d) The whites are convicted, and sentenced to exile.

11. Chapter 31 reports that George is planning on seeking reelection as leader of the youth armies in what area?
(a) North Africa.
(b) Ireland.
(c) The Northwest Fringes.
(d) Australia.

12. What longing does George express, in his letters in Chapter 29?
(a) Peace between the Shikastans and the Canopeans.
(b) Freedom from the responsibilities of leadership.
(c) A world where they can live a thousand years and enjoy one another on a deep level.
(d) A world without suffering and conflict.

13. How much SOWF does Lynda believe other people receive?
(a) 5%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 4%.

14. What ideologies declined during the time period described in Chapter 19?
(a) Patriotic.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Secular.
(d) Religious.

15. How many times have the Shammat tried to kill George, as of Chapter 31?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Johor and his friends in Chapter 20?

2. Why is Rachel unable to understand some conversations between George and his teachers?

3. What is the sad state of Shikasta blamed on?

4. Where were George, Benjamin and Rachel born?

5. Who is Suzannah?

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