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

2. What happens to Johor and his friends in Chapter 20?

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

4. How does Rachel feel about the Muslim family with whom the Sherbans associate?

5. Who stages the mock trial in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johor do, in Chapter 20, while on his way to incarnation?

2. Who is Lynda Coleridge?

3. How did the youth armies form on Shikasta?

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

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

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

7. Why does Rachel make the decision to follow George in Chapter 30?

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

9. What is special about Lynda Coleridge?

10. What roles do George and John Brent-Oxford play in the mock trial?

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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