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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Giants and Natives on Shikasta?
(a) They get along, and the Giants sometimes help the Natives.
(b) They get along, and the Natives sometimes help the Giants.
(c) They are at war.
(d) They try to stay away from one another.

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

3. The very nature of Shikasta results in what?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Tension.
(d) All answers are correct.

4. How are the Giants affected when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They are no longer able to communicate with the Natives.
(b) They fall into a deep hibernation.
(c) They become enraged.
(d) They lose some of their cognitive powers.

5. Chapter 2 is a guide, written for whom?
(a) Colonial servants.
(b) Shammat agents.
(c) Canopean emissaries.
(d) Youth army members.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johor communicates with Taufiq, and is able to get Taufiq to make what change?

2. How does Johor feel about the state of Shikasta, upon his return?

3. What makes Shikasta unusual?

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

5. What do the Canopean emissaries sometimes do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What period of Shikastan history is covered by the reports in Chapter 9?

2. What information is given in Chapter 6 about the Shammat transmitter on Shikasta?

3. Why was Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

4. Who does Johor find on the outskirts of Zone Six, in Chapter 12?

5. Who are the Giants?

6. What is the Canopean view of the 20th century?

7. What event in Chapter 9 parallels a story from the Old Testament?

8. How are the British people described in Chapter 8?

9. What is Johor's mission, when he incarnates on Shikasta in Chapter 6?

10. What does Johor notice about the Natives upon his return to Shikasta after 30,000 years?

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