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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Giants and Natives on Shikasta?
(a) They are at war.
(b) They get along, and the Giants sometimes help the Natives.
(c) They get along, and the Natives sometimes help the Giants.
(d) They try to stay away from one another.

2. What do the Canopean emissaries sometimes do?
(a) Incarnate as inhabitants of the planets they oversee.
(b) Communicate discreetly with the inhabitants of the planets they oversee.
(c) Act as liasons between planets they oversee.
(d) Disguise themselves to visit their assigned planets.

3. What did the Sirian Empire do on Rohanda?
(a) Attempted to interact with the Natives, but eventually declared war on them.
(b) Built cities, and attempted to settle it.
(c) Sent all of their exiled prisoners there.
(d) Performed plant and animal experimentation.

4. What do the "primitive" peoples do, after the Second World War?
(a) Retreat into the wilderness, and avoid contact with civilization.
(b) Shun any influence of civilization on their peoples.
(c) Rise up and resist oppression.
(d) Continue life as they did previously, without much change.

5. How are the Giants affected when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They are no longer able to communicate with the Natives.
(b) They lose some of their cognitive powers.
(c) They fall into a deep hibernation.
(d) They become enraged.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word best describes Shikasta?

3. How are the cities on Shikasta constructed?

4. Who is Jarsum?

5. In Chapter 6, to whom does Johor teach some of the basic tenets of Canopean civilization?

(see the answer key)

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