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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 does Johor say about the religion of the white races in Chapter 13?

2. What is Johor searching for, at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. Chapter 8 describes the British as being tolerant of a high degree of what?

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

5. What does the Lock do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the British people described in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Taufiq?

3. Who are the Giants?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the "Age of Ideology"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Shammat are a powerful force that goes against the Canopean government. Why are the Shammat so antagonistic? What do they want from Shikasta? What are their goals? Why do they end up being corrupted by the SOWF they drain from Shikasta? What do they do to the other planets they oversee? What are their relationships with other races like, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Johor describes the religion of the whites, presumably some form of Christianity, as being the most bigoted religion in human history. What can we infer, as a result of this description, about the author's attitude toward organized religion? Why does she describe this religion in such a negative fashion? What, specifically, does Johor dislike about this religion? What are his suggestions for improving it, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Canopean reports mention the "Age of Ideology," a time when dangerous ideas, such as science and nationalism, gripped the elites and drew their attention away from religion and other worthy ideologies. Why is science considered to be so dangerous? What effect does it have on people? Why did it only affect the elites? Why are the primitive peoples considered to be more pure? How did nationalism create conflict? What would have stopped this process? Be sure to cite specific examples from the book to support your thesis.

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