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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. Chapter 8 describes the British as being tolerant of a high degree of what?
(a) Racist behavior.
(b) Economic inequality.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) Lack of education.

2. What did the Sirian Empire do on Rohanda?
(a) Performed plant and animal experimentation.
(b) Sent all of their exiled prisoners there.
(c) Built cities, and attempted to settle it.
(d) Attempted to interact with the Natives, but eventually declared war on them.

3. The "Northwest Fringes" are analogous to what nonfictional place?
(a) Russia.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) North America.
(d) Japan.

4. What "ideology" do the Canopeans consider most dangerous?
(a) Science.
(b) Intelligent design.
(c) Military interference.
(d) Christianity.

5. What was the first individual's crime?
(a) She refused to pay taxes.
(b) She killed someone.
(c) She destroyed property.
(d) She kidnapped a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Shammat?

2. Who is Johor?

3. Dwarves and Elves were created by what species?

4. The Canopean phrase "Age of Ideology" refers to what time?

5. What happens to the cities once Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Rohanda was divided among what civilizations?

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

4. What information is given in Chapter 6 about the Shammat transmitter on Shikasta?

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

6. How are the shells of Shikasta organized?

7. What is said about religion in Chapter 10?

8. Why was Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

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

10. How did individual eight's life end?

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