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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Taufiq as a result of his chosen profession?
(a) He made important contributions to the medical and scientific community.
(b) He was able to help others, and became famous for it.
(c) He was assassinated by a supporter of one of his rivals.
(d) His personality was distorted, and he became a national figure.

4. The history in Chapter 10 ends around what year?
(a) 1000 A.D.
(b) 500 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 2000 A.D.

5. In Chapter 9, what do the Canopean emissaries report regarding the Natives?
(a) Their situation is unchanged.
(b) They are no longer a threat.
(c) They have disappeared.
(d) They are degenerating.

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

7. In Chapter 9, Taufiq reports the end of what?
(a) The Natives' time on Shikasta.
(b) World War III.
(c) The Ice Age.
(d) The Giants' reign of terror.

8. What do some Canopeans believe should be done with Shikasta?
(a) It should be sold to the Shammat.
(b) It should be blown up.
(c) It should be jettisoned.
(d) It should be redeemed.

9. Johor returns to Shikasta how many years after his first visit?
(a) 300.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 3,000.

10. How does Johor feel about the state of Shikasta, upon his return?
(a) He is saddened.
(b) He is apathetic.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is happy.

11. According to Johor, in his report in Chapter 13, what did the white races do?
(a) Exterminated the other races.
(b) Monopolized trade and travel.
(c) Refused to assimilate with the Giants.
(d) Conquered the southern continents.

12. Taufiq is incarnated on Shikasta as a member of what race?
(a) Native American.
(b) Asian.
(c) African.
(d) White.

13. Why are the Giants on Shikasta?
(a) They are native to Shikasta.
(b) They were introduced there by the Canopeans.
(c) Their vessel crashed there.
(d) They were humans, genetically modified by the Shammat.

14. The first woman mentioned in Chapter 11 lives where?
(a) The Northwest Fringes.
(b) North America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Antarctica.

15. How many concentric shells does Shikasta contain?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Canopean emissaries sometimes do?

2. Individual three's philosophy is close to what school of thought?

3. What does Johor tell the Giants, in Chapter 6?

4. The "Northwest Fringes" are analogous to what nonfictional place?

5. Johor notes, upon his return, that the people of Shikasta have physically changed in what way?

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