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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 Sirian agent reporting on Shammat activities on Shikasta.
(b) A spy George recruits for his movement.
(c) One of George's teachers.
(d) Rachel's boyfriend.

2. Why is Rachel unable to understand some conversations between George and his teachers?
(a) They often spoke in a foreign language.
(b) She has too little SOWF.
(c) She was not as well-educated as he.
(d) They used technical jargon.

3. Who is Tafta?
(a) A Canopean emissary.
(b) Benjamin's roommate in college.
(c) The Shammat Lord of Shikasta.
(d) One of George's teachers.

4. What do the Shammat want to do with George in Chapter 26?
(a) Send him to a penal colony.
(b) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(c) Continue covertly observing his activities.
(d) Assassinate him.

5. Rachel writes, in Chapter 25, that George often visits what foreign country?
(a) Scotland.
(b) India.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Japan.

6. Who is writing to George in Chapter 32?
(a) Suzannah.
(b) Sharma.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Taufiq.

7. Who is Suzannah?
(a) Benjamin's neighbor.
(b) Rachel's roommate.
(c) George's teacher.
(d) George's girlfriend.

8. Rachel states in Chapter 30 that George had ordered her to do what?
(a) Stay at home and care for their parents.
(b) Focus on her schooling, and stay out of politics.
(c) Stay with Suzannah and help her.
(d) Meet him at his final destination.

9. How much SOWF does Lynda believe she receives?
(a) 3 or 4%.
(b) 4 or 5%.
(c) 6 or 7%.
(d) 5 or 6%.

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

11. What do the Shammat want to do with Benjamin in Chapter 26?
(a) Re-educate him.
(b) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(c) Send him to a penal colony.
(d) Assassinate him.

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

13. Who is writing to George in Chapter 29?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Sharma.
(d) Suzannah.

14. What do the Shammat want to do with John Brent-Oxford in Chapter 26?
(a) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(b) Send him to a penal colony.
(c) Assassinate him.
(d) Re-educate him.

15. What creates the most anxiety in humans, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Religious insecurities.
(b) Short lifespans.
(c) Intolerance between races.
(d) The horrors of war and other conflicts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 19 also describes the plight of what group of people on Shikasta?

2. Who is the author of the report that comprises Chapter 31?

3. How does George Herbert feel about Lynda's claims, initially?

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

5. Who is George Herbert?

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