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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the leader of the extremist group described?
(a) An elderly man who walks with a cane and has a Russian accent.
(b) A younger man with blue eyes and a Polish accent.
(c) A balding man with brown eyes and a Chinese accent.
(d) An elderly man with gray eyes and a Welsh accent.

2. What has revolutionized the Earth's economy?
(a) There is no longer the need for currency.
(b) There is a one-world currency.
(c) Machines now do all the work.
(d) The aliens have introduced a new breed of primate that does all the work.

3. Why does Jan Rodricks go to London?
(a) To attend the League of Nations.
(b) To attend a scientific symposium.
(c) To meet with several of the aliens.
(d) To attend the International Astronomical Union.

4. What does Jan Rodricks' mother do?
(a) She is a high school teacher.
(b) She is a guidance counselor.
(c) She is a college professor.
(d) She is an astronomer.

5. What does the fax Rikki Stormgren receives from the Freedom League say?
(a) The identity of the invaders is too hideous to reveal.
(b) The invaders are humans from the future.
(c) The invaders are not living beings at all - they are androids.
(d) The invaders have no physical form - they are pure energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pierre Duval?

2. Why does Professor Sullivan build a decoy whale?

3. What will happen on Earth while Jan Rodricks travels to the alien planet?

4. Although the media are very critical of Karellen's rule, the majority of humans are in favor of what?

5. What causes the disillusion of many religious beliefs?

(see the answer key)

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