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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Johor try to locate on Shikasta, in Chapter 6?
(a) The capitol city of the Giants.
(b) The Shammat transmittor.
(c) The Canopean embassy.
(d) The capitol city of the Natives.

4. What does Taufiq end up doing for a profession on Shikasta?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Psychiatrist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Politician.

5. What is the fourth individual's nickname?
(a) The Jackal.
(b) The Crow.
(c) The Gun.
(d) The Brand.

6. What does the Lock do?
(a) Connects Rohanda to the galactic flow of energies.
(b) Prevents Rohanda's enemies from penetrating its atmosphere.
(c) Prevents Rohanda's inhabitants from leaving the planet.
(d) Keeps the Natives and the Giants separated.

7. 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 falsely accused.
(c) That she was criminally insane.
(d) That she was a victim of indoctrination.

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

9. Who does Johor find in Chapter 12?
(a) Ben and Sais.
(b) David and Sais.
(c) David and Rilla.
(d) Ben and Rilla.

10. What was the second individual's childhood like?
(a) She traveled and stayed with relatives a lot.
(b) She was left to by her parents to be entertained by the television.
(c) She was loved and supported.
(d) She was an orphan, raised in a foster home.

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

12. Who is tapping the energies of Rohanda, in Chapter 6?
(a) The Shammat.
(b) The Puttiorians.
(c) The Canopeans.
(d) The Giants.

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

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

15. What was the first individual's crime?
(a) She kidnapped a child.
(b) She killed someone.
(c) She refused to pay taxes.
(d) She destroyed property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Natives when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?

2. What would have been the result of the second individual's trial, if it had gone according to plan?

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

4. The Canopeans' choice to split the Natives is reminiscent of what story from the Old Testament?

5. In Chapter 9, Taufiq reports the end of what?

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