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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 do the Canopeans view the 20th century?
(a) Many mistakes, but people grew more progressive toward the end.
(b) Some advancement, but mostly conflict.
(c) One long war.
(d) The turning point for the planet.

2. In Chapter 9, Taufiq reports the end of what?
(a) The Natives' time on Shikasta.
(b) The Ice Age.
(c) The Giants' reign of terror.
(d) World War III.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 6, to whom does Johor teach some of the basic tenets of Canopean civilization?
(a) Benjamin and Rachel.
(b) Suzannah and Rachel.
(c) David and Sais.
(d) Ben and Rilla.

5. What cuts Rohanda off from the Lock?
(a) A cosmic disturbance.
(b) The Canopeans.
(c) War.
(d) Shammat interference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johor say about the religion of the white races in Chapter 13?

2. What makes Shikasta unusual?

3. The history in Chapter 10 ends around what year?

4. Which shell concerns human history?

5. What do the "primitive" peoples do, after the Second World War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Taufiq?

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

3. What is the "Age of Ideology"?

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

5. Why was Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

6. What is said about religion in Chapter 10?

7. What is said in Chapter 8 regarding World War II?

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

9. Who are the Giants?

10. What happens to the Giants when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?

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