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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 creates the most anxiety in humans, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Short lifespans.
(b) Intolerance between races.
(c) The horrors of war and other conflicts.
(d) Religious insecurities.

2. What do the Shammat want to do with John Brent-Oxford in Chapter 26?
(a) Re-educate him.
(b) Assassinate him.
(c) Send him to a penal colony.
(d) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.

3. Rachel states in Chapter 30 that George had ordered her to do what?
(a) Focus on her schooling, and stay out of politics.
(b) Stay at home and care for their parents.
(c) Stay with Suzannah and help her.
(d) Meet him at his final destination.

4. What is the setting of the mock trial?
(a) Russia.
(b) North Africa.
(c) The Northwest Fringes.
(d) Greece.

5. What happens to Johor and his friends in Chapter 20?
(a) They are recruited by the Canopean militia to fight the Shammat on Shikasta.
(b) They journey to Shikasta, and incarnate as siblings.
(c) They are all arrested by the Canopean army.
(d) They are captured by the Shammat agents on Shikasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George Herbert's attitude towards Lynda's claims change over time?

2. Rachel writes, in Chapter 25, that George often visits what foreign country?

3. Chapter 22 describes the rise of what, as a result of the economic and social problems on Shikasta?

4. What is happening to Benjamin in Chapter 31?

5. Which sibling is fairly normal, but sometimes gets deeply depressed over things like corruption in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the mock trial occur in Chapter 33?

2. What is the result of the arguments presented at the mock trial?

3. What is reported in Chapter 19 regarding the state of religious ideologies on Shikasta?

4. What are the effects of short lifespans, as explained in Chapter 14?

5. Who is Lynda Coleridge?

6. Who is Suzannah?

7. What is contained in Sharma and George's letters to one another in Chapter 29?

8. What is special about Lynda Coleridge?

9. What does Chen Liu report about George in Chapter 32?

10. How does Rachel feel about the conversations George has with his teacher, Hasan?

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