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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The history in Chapter 10 ends around what year?
(a) 500 B.C.
(b) 1000 A.D.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 2000 A.D.

2. What happened to the ethical laws Johor gave to the Shikastans?
(a) They were adopted as an unwritten code of conduct.
(b) They were built into religions.
(c) They were completely forgotten.
(d) They were replaced by codes that the Shikastans wrote on their own.

3. What does Taufiq end up doing for a profession on Shikasta?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Politician.

4. What was the first individual's crime?
(a) She destroyed property.
(b) She kidnapped a child.
(c) She refused to pay taxes.
(d) She killed someone.

5. What happens to individual eight that makes her so unhappy?
(a) Her family is killed by the Shammat.
(b) She is let go, quickly and unceremoniously, by her long-term employer.
(c) She is raped.
(d) She is jailed for a crime she didn't commit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johor try to locate on Shikasta, in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

3. In Chapter 8, Britain and other European countries are blamed for what?

4. According to Johor, in his report in Chapter 13, what did the white races do?

5. What word best describes Shikasta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johor notice about the Natives upon his return to Shikasta after 30,000 years?

2. What event in Chapter 9 parallels a story from the Old Testament?

3. What is the "Age of Ideology"?

4. Who is the individual known as "The Brand"?

5. How are the shells of Shikasta organized?

6. What comments does Johor make about the white races in Chapter 13?

7. What is reported in Chapter 9 regarding the genetics of Shikasta's population?

8. What does Johor do when he finds Ben and Sais in Chapter 6?

9. What does Johor report regarding Taufiq in Chapter 7?

10. How is Shikasta described at the beginning of the novel?

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