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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Individual three's philosophy is close to what school of thought?
(a) German Nazism.
(b) Russian Marxism.
(c) Italian Fascism.
(d) American Democracy.

2. What will eventually happen to the Shammat transmitter?
(a) It will degrade.
(b) It will be assimilated by the surrounding plant life.
(c) It will explode.
(d) It will be taken back by the Shammat.

3. In Chapter 6, to whom does Johor teach some of the basic tenets of Canopean civilization?
(a) David and Sais.
(b) Suzannah and Rachel.
(c) Ben and Rilla.
(d) Benjamin and Rachel.

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

5. What happens to the remainder of Shikasta's inhabitants?
(a) They are transported to a Shammat holding facility.
(b) They are scattered to other planets.
(c) They are temporarily relocated to a space station.
(d) They are reconnected to SOWF.

6. What is the Shammat transmitter made of?
(a) Uridium.
(b) Unobtainium.
(c) Creatonin.
(d) Effluon 3.

7. Chapter 2 is a guide, written for whom?
(a) Youth army members.
(b) Colonial servants.
(c) Shammat agents.
(d) Canopean emissaries.

8. Johor communicates with Taufiq, and is able to get Taufiq to make what change?
(a) He remembers who he is, and what his mission on Shikasta is.
(b) Taufiq abandons his chosen profession in favor of the one he was intended for.
(c) He agrees to return to the Canopean embassy, and act as a liaison for Shikasta.
(d) After a long stretch of animosity, he becomes friendly with the Canopeans.

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

10. What does Shikasta mean?
(a) "The barren."
(b) "The stricken."
(c) "The reckless."
(d) "The loving."

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

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

13. What does Johor tell the Giants, in Chapter 6?
(a) That the Canopeans wish to relocate them.
(b) To establish a friendship with the Natives.
(c) To prepare for a disaster.
(d) That they should join the war against the Shammat.

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

15. What happens to the Natives when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They begin to fall ill and die.
(b) They lose their ability to communicate verbally with one another.
(c) They erupt into violence.
(d) They forget everything they know about how to care for themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Shikasta unusual?

2. What is Johor's job?

3. What was Taufiq supposed to become when he incarnated on Shikasta?

4. What was Taufiq's name when he incarnated on Shikasta?

5. Why are the Giants on Shikasta?

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