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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Rohanda renamed Shikasta?
(a) It is taken over by another race, who rename it.
(b) It is renamed after an important Canopean official who fell in the line of duty.
(c) The inhabitants rename it in an effort to assert their independence.
(d) It has been drained of most of its resources.

2. What would have the second individual's defense have been, if she had the proper lawyer?
(a) That she was an unwilling participant in the crime.
(b) That she was a victim of indoctrination.
(c) That she was falsely accused.
(d) That she was criminally insane.

3. What would have been the result of the second individual's trial, if it had gone according to plan?
(a) A reevaluation of the criminal justice system.
(b) A new public awareness of propaganda mechanisms.
(c) A renewed sense of family closeness.
(d) A reevaluation of the foster care system.

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

5. In Chapter 8, Britain and other European countries are blamed for what?
(a) World War I.
(b) Worldwide poverty.
(c) World War II.
(d) Global warming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johor say about the religion of the white races in Chapter 13?

2. Chapter 19 describes the rise of what activity?

3. Taufiq was incarnated on Shikasta after what war?

4. The Canopean phrase "Age of Ideology" refers to what time?

5. What does Taufiq end up doing for a profession on Shikasta?

(see the answer key)

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