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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Jewish woman who taught George in New York?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Suzannah.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Rilla.

4. Which family does Johor choose, and why?
(a) One of mixed race, because they will have an easier time understanding the perspective of others.
(b) An African family, because they live in an area where Johor could easily accomplish his goals.
(c) A Muslim family, because they are intelligent and compassionate.
(d) A British family, because they are rich and will have all the resources he needs.

5. What doctrine is the teacher in Chapter 17 professing to his students?
(a) He refuses to teach any of these.
(b) Intelligent Design.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Creationism.

6. Which sibling is chubby, argumentative and jealous?
(a) None of them.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Rachel.
(d) George.

7. What happens to Lynda after her lover's death?
(a) She kills someone.
(b) She stops eating.
(c) She goes into a psychotic depression.
(d) She commits suicide.

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

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

10. Chapter 19 describes the rise of what activity?
(a) Teen pregnancy.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Drinking.

11. What happens to Johor and his friends in Chapter 20?
(a) They are captured by the Shammat agents on Shikasta.
(b) They are recruited by the Canopean militia to fight the Shammat on Shikasta.
(c) They journey to Shikasta, and incarnate as siblings.
(d) They are all arrested by the Canopean army.

12. The Sherbans don't care much for what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Political ideology.
(c) Popular music.
(d) Social mores.

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

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

15. What does George tell Rachel, in Chapter 28, to help her deal with the news she receives?
(a) She has to trust that there is a greater purpose and a reason for her suffering.
(b) She is destined to be an important part of their movement.
(c) If she doesn't toughen up, she will have to come back in another incarnation.
(d) Her loved ones are in a better place now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rachel and Benjamin have to do, in Chapter 25, that George doesn't?

2. Chapter 19 also describes the plight of what group of people on Shikasta?

3. What is the setting of the mock trial?

4. How does Rachel feel about Suzannah, initially?

5. According to Chapter 14, what is most divisive among humans?

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