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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 Johor's job?
(a) Tending to the order of the Canopean colonies.
(b) Observing the results of the genetic experiments in the Southern Hemisphere.
(c) Recruiting new soldiers for the youth groups.
(d) Monitoring the flow of SOWF.

2. Where does the first individual have a nervous breakdown?
(a) In her home.
(b) In a courtroom.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In her car.

3. What is Johor searching for, at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Unincarnated refugees.
(b) His father.
(c) Other Canopean emissaries.
(d) His brother.

4. What does the second individual become?
(a) A cult leader.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A politician.
(d) A saint.

5. What happens to the Natives when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They lose their ability to communicate verbally with one another.
(b) They begin to fall ill and die.
(c) They forget everything they know about how to care for themselves.
(d) They erupt into violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Canopeans' choice to split the Natives is reminiscent of what story from the Old Testament?

2. How many concentric shells does Shikasta contain?

3. Generally speaking, what is the most important rule of Canopus?

4. What do some Canopeans believe should be done with Shikasta?

5. What will eventually happen to the Shammat transmitter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the Natives when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?

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

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

5. Who is Taufiq?

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

7. How did individual eight's life end?

8. How is Shikasta described at the beginning of the novel?

9. What is the "Age of Ideology"?

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

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