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

2. Who are the Shammat?
(a) Dangerous beings in the Southern Hemisphere of Shikasta.
(b) The species that act as a liaison between the Natives and the Canopeans.
(c) The new species introduced to Shikasta by the Canopeans.
(d) The Canopean agents assigned to Shikasta.

3. Johor notes, upon his return, that the people of Shikasta have physically changed in what way?
(a) They are taller.
(b) They are heavier.
(c) They are shorter.
(d) They are thinner.

4. What happens to individual eight that makes her so unhappy?
(a) She is let go, quickly and unceremoniously, by her long-term employer.
(b) She is jailed for a crime she didn't commit.
(c) She is raped.
(d) Her family is killed by the Shammat.

5. What does Johor try to locate on Shikasta, in Chapter 6?
(a) The capitol city of the Giants.
(b) The capitol city of the Natives.
(c) The Canopean embassy.
(d) The Shammat transmittor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Taufiq supposed to become when he incarnated on Shikasta?

2. Who was responsible for influencing some special individuals in the last days of Shikasta?

3. What does the Lock do?

4. What does Johor tell the Giants, in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 9, what do the Canopean emissaries report regarding the Natives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did individual eight's life end?

3. How are the shells of Shikasta organized?

4. What is said about religion in Chapter 10?

5. What is the "Age of Ideology"?

6. Who is the individual known as "The Brand"?

7. What were the consequences of John Brent-Oxford's decision to become a politician?

8. What is reported in Chapter 9 regarding the Natives, Dwarves and Elves?

9. Who are the Giants?

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

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