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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of the Shikastan cities in Chapter 9?
(a) They are slowly being rebuilt.
(b) They are back to normal.
(c) They no longer exist.
(d) They are still uninhabitable.

2. What concept are the Giants unable to understand?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Annihilation.

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

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

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

6. Chapter 9 details the history of Shikasta between what two events?
(a) World War II and World War III.
(b) World War II and the collapse of the Lock.
(c) The collapse of the Lock and the 20th century apocalypse.
(d) World War I and World War II.

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

8. The "Northwest Fringes" are analogous to what nonfictional place?
(a) North America.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

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

10. What do the Canopeans blame for the conflicts in the 20th century?
(a) The absence of an external, supervising authority.
(b) The whites' suppression of other races.
(c) Humans' limited cognitive abilities.
(d) A near-total lack of SOWF.

11. How does the first individual feel about her countrymen?
(a) She feels connected to them.
(b) She feels alienated from them.
(c) She feels a strong sense of patriotism.
(d) She feels that some of them do not belong there.

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

13. How do the Canopeans view the 20th century?
(a) Many mistakes, but people grew more progressive toward the end.
(b) One long war.
(c) The turning point for the planet.
(d) Some advancement, but mostly conflict.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Rohanda after it is cut off from the Lock?

2. What does Johor attempt to do to his friends after finding them?

3. What does Johor try to locate on Shikasta, in Chapter 6?

4. What is Johor searching for, at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. The ceremony discussed by Johor in Chapter 13 originated in what country?

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