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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the lives of the Shikastans upon Johor's return compare with the last time he was there?
(a) They are longer, but full of disease and pain.
(b) They are shorter, but more comfortable.
(c) They are shorter, and full of disease and pain.
(d) They are longer, and more comfortable.

2. Why does Johor have to spend extra time on Shikasta?
(a) He is unable to get home.
(b) He is looking for two of his friends.
(c) He is being punished.
(d) Taufiq gets captured.

3. What happens to Rohanda after it is cut off from the Lock?
(a) The Canopeans abandon it.
(b) It is abandoned by all of its inhabitants.
(c) The Shammat are able to drain it even faster.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. Which shell concerns human history?
(a) Zone Five.
(b) Zone Three.
(c) Zone One.
(d) Zone Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Johor's job?

2. Why are the Giants on Shikasta?

3. What is the Shammat transmitter made of?

4. The Canopeans decide to split the Natives' what, in Chapter 9?

5. How are the British people described in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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