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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. Who is Thanthalteresco?
(a) The professor.
(b) The peacekeeper.
(c) The inspector.
(d) The enforcer.

2. What do the remaining people on New Athens do after the aliens take action with their children?
(a) Band together to defeat the aliens.
(b) Decide how to live the rest of their lives.
(c) Plot how to rescue their children.
(d) Dissolve into mass warfare.

3. What is it that Jeffrey Greggson no longer needs as he seems to be changing into another life form?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Food.
(d) Human interaction.

4. What does the new race do with the moon?
(a) Fling it toward the sun.
(b) Make it spin.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Colonize it.

5. What do the children do three years later when their minds are more closely connected?
(a) Destroy all plant and animal life.
(b) Destroy the remaining humans.
(c) Develop the ability to levitate and fly.
(d) Plan to overthrow the invaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Yan Sen compares the aliens' cultivation of Earth to:

2. What are the children involved in that lasts almost a year?

3. What do the aliens do with the children in Chapter 21?

4. What happens to the island of Athens?

5. What is unique about the island George Greggson and Jean Morrel visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was New Athens founded, by whom, and what is its greatest artistic achievement?

2. What does Karellen reveal during his weekly press conference in Chapter 14, and how does he justify the Overlords' actions based on their revelation during the conference?

3. What are George Greggson's thoughts on Jan Rodricks after he learns that Rodricks has stowed away on an Overlord ship? How does Greggson identify with Rodricks?

4. Why do George Greggson and Jean Morrel move to New Athens? Describe their adjustment to their new home.

5. Explain the nature of Jeffrey Greggson's dreams as revealed in Chapter 18 and how the Overlords evaluate what is happening to him.

6. Describe Jan Rodricks' activities during his stay on Carina. How does he feel about his visit?

7. How does Karellen explain to Jan Rodricks mankind's ancient fear of the satanic appearance of the Overlords?

8. Why is Karellen sad at the end of the novel?

9. What happens at the council meeting between the leaders of New Athens and the Overlord "Inspector," Thanthalteresco? How does Thanthalteresco respond to Dr. Sen's comments?

10. Explain George Greggson's observations and feelings at the beginning of Chapter 21.

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