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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening to Benjamin in Chapter 31?
(a) He is being held in a Shammat penitentiary.
(b) He is being recalled to the Canopean embassy.
(c) He is being shipped off to another planet.
(d) He is undergoing re-education.

2. What is John Brent-Oxford's argument in Chapter 33?
(a) He pleads guilty to everything, but points out that non-whites have been guilty of many of the same crimes.
(b) He blames the actions of the white races on a lack of SOWF.
(c) He denies all allegations made against the whites.
(d) He argues that the whites were pushed to extremes by external forces.

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

4. Chapter 19 details the events of what century?
(a) 19th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 18th.

5. What devastating news does Rachel receive in Chapter 28?
(a) Her mother has cancer.
(b) She is unable to have children.
(c) Her fiance was killed.
(d) Naseem and Shireen are dead.

6. Lynda believes that some people don't use all of their what?
(a) Emotional capabilities.
(b) Cognitive faculties.
(c) Physical potential.
(d) Time.

7. What is the subject of Agent 20's report?
(a) Ben and Rilla's influence on Shikastan Natives.
(b) The Shammat transmitter on Shikasta.
(c) A male cat who cares for a female cat until it dies.
(d) The state of the unincarnated souls in Zone Six.

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

9. Who is writing to George in Chapter 29?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Sharma.
(d) Suzannah.

10. Who is writing to George in Chapter 32?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Sharma.
(c) Taufiq.
(d) Suzannah.

11. What is John Brent-Oxford's role, in Chapter 33?
(a) He is the court scribe.
(b) He is the Prosecutor.
(c) He is the defense attorney.
(d) He is the judge.

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

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

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

15. Who was elevated to a position as undisputed leader as a result of the trial?
(a) George.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Chen Liu.
(d) Sharma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 22 details a growing gap, and more hostility, between what two groups?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?

3. Rachel reports that she asks her parents, numerous times, about what?

4. Chapter 19 describes the rise of what activity?

5. How is John Brent-Oxford killed?

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