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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Taufiq as a result of his chosen profession?

2. Who is Johor?

3. Where is Johor, at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. Where does the first individual have a nervous breakdown?

5. What happens to individual eight that makes her so unhappy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said about religion in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Taufiq?

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

8. How did individual eight's life end?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Sirians perform plant and animal experimentation on Shikasta, and share the planet with the Canopeans. What is their purpose there? What are they researching? What are their relationships with other races like, and why? Why do they eventually withdraw from Canopus? What are the long-term effects of their activities there, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the events and characters in the novel parallel events or characters from the Old Testament of the Bible. Why is that? What is the purpose of each of these characters? What message is the author attempting to convey? Why does she choose figures from Christianity, when Johor frequently dismisses Christianity as being bigoted and corrupt? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The Giants are introduced to Shikasta by the Canopeans, who are attempting to hasten the evolution of the Natives. How do the Canopeans think that the Giants will help? What is the nature of the relationship that exists between the Natives and the Giants? Why? How do the Giants feel about being put on Shikasta? What happens to the Giants after Shikasta is cut off from the Lock? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

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