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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. The Canopeans' choice to split the Natives is reminiscent of what story from the Old Testament?
(a) Jonah and the whale.
(b) Sodom and Gomorrah.
(c) The Tower of Babel.
(d) Lot and his wife.

2. What is the Shammat transmitter made of?
(a) Effluon 3.
(b) Uridium.
(c) Unobtainium.
(d) Creatonin.

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

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

5. By the end of the twentieth century, Shikasta's population is reduced by how much?
(a) 75%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 50%
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, to whom does Johor teach some of the basic tenets of Canopean civilization?

2. What word best describes Shikasta?

3. Where did the fourth individual grow up?

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

5. According to Johor, in his report in Chapter 13, what did the white races do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Rohanda was divided among what civilizations?

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

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

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

6. What is the main Canopean ideology?

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

8. How are the shells of Shikasta organized?

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

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

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