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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. How are the cities on Shikasta constructed?
(a) In underground caverns.
(b) Built into the sides of mountains.
(c) There are no cities, only small villages.
(d) In geometrical shapes, with special rock formations.

2. What do the Canopean emissaries sometimes do?
(a) Act as liasons between planets they oversee.
(b) Incarnate as inhabitants of the planets they oversee.
(c) Disguise themselves to visit their assigned planets.
(d) Communicate discreetly with the inhabitants of the planets they oversee.

3. What word best describes Shikasta?
(a) Loving.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Flourishing.
(d) Stable.

4. What does Taufiq end up doing for a profession on Shikasta?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Politician.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Surgeon.

5. Why is Rohanda renamed Shikasta?
(a) The inhabitants rename it in an effort to assert their independence.
(b) It is renamed after an important Canopean official who fell in the line of duty.
(c) It has been drained of most of its resources.
(d) It is taken over by another race, who rename it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is Johor unable to do?

2. The very nature of Shikasta results in what?

3. What would have the second individual's defense have been, if she had the proper lawyer?

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

5. What "ideology" do the Canopeans consider most dangerous?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was the first individual introduced in Chapter 11, and what would John Brent-Oxford have done for her as a lawyer?

3. What is reported in Chapter 9 regarding the genetics of Shikasta's population?

4. What was the ceremony that Canopean emissaries brought to Ireland?

5. How would John Brent-Oxford have defended individual two, and what would the result of the trial have been?

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

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. What does Johor do when he finds Ben and Sais in Chapter 6?

10. What does Johor report regarding Taufiq in Chapter 7?

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