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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creates the most anxiety in humans, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Intolerance between races.
(b) Religious insecurities.
(c) The horrors of war and other conflicts.
(d) Short lifespans.

2. What do the Shammat want to do with George in Chapter 26?
(a) Continue covertly observing his activities.
(b) Assassinate him.
(c) Send him to a penal colony.
(d) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.

3. What ideologies rose to replace the declining ones, in Chapter 19?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Secular.
(c) Religious.
(d) None.

4. How do Rachel's feelings about Suzannah change in Chapter 30?
(a) She begins to distrust Suzannah.
(b) She begins to hate Suzannah.
(c) She begins to admire Suzannah.
(d) She develops love for Suzannah.

5. What ideologies declined during the time period described in Chapter 19?
(a) Secular.
(b) Patriotic.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Religious.

6. What do the Shammat want to do with Benjamin in Chapter 26?
(a) Re-educate him.
(b) Assassinate him.
(c) Send him to a penal colony.
(d) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.

7. What is the end result of the mock trial?
(a) The whites are acquitted, and those who spoke out against them are punished.
(b) The whites are convicted, and sentenced to exile.
(c) It becomes an indictment of all humanity.
(d) The trial never concludes.

8. Chapter 31 reports that George is planning on seeking reelection as leader of the youth armies in what area?
(a) North Africa.
(b) The Northwest Fringes.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Australia.

9. Who is Hasan?
(a) The Sherbans' neighbor.
(b) One of George's teachers.
(c) Benjamin's cousin.
(d) Rachel's boyfriend.

10. Who is Suzannah?
(a) George's teacher.
(b) Rachel's roommate.
(c) Benjamin's neighbor.
(d) George's girlfriend.

11. What does Rachel do in Chapter 30 in response to hearing the rumor?
(a) She kills Suzannah.
(b) She disguises herself, and goes to find George.
(c) She goes to find Benjamin and help him escape.
(d) She goes home to protect her parents.

12. What is the setting of the mock trial?
(a) Russia.
(b) North Africa.
(c) The Northwest Fringes.
(d) Greece.

13. What ideology is described as most dangerous, in Chapter 19?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Racism.

14. How much SOWF does Lynda believe she receives?
(a) 4 or 5%.
(b) 3 or 4%.
(c) 5 or 6%.
(d) 6 or 7%.

15. Rachel writes, in Chapter 25, that George often visits what foreign country?
(a) Japan.
(b) Scotland.
(c) India.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were George, Benjamin and Rachel born?

2. Who was elevated to a position as undisputed leader as a result of the trial?

3. What do the Shammat want to do with John Brent-Oxford in Chapter 26?

4. Lynda believes that some people don't use all of their what?

5. Chapter 22 describes the rise of what, as a result of the economic and social problems on Shikasta?

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