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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 does Karellen believe can achieve political harmony?
(a) The forceful use of power.
(b) The tactful use of power.
(c) The elimination of religion.
(d) The elimination of illiteracy.

2. What is the role of Rikki Stormgren?
(a) Head of the Centers for Disease Control.
(b) Director of the League of Nations.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) Secretary-General of the United Nations.

3. What has revolutionized the Earth's economy?
(a) The aliens have introduced a new breed of primate that does all the work.
(b) There is no longer the need for currency.
(c) Machines now do all the work.
(d) There is a one-world currency.

4. What is the name of the colonel from Technical Intelligence?
(a) Lindsley.
(b) Sandmeyer.
(c) North.
(d) Hathi.

5. Although the media are very critical of Karellen's rule, the majority of humans are in favor of what?
(a) Karellen's goal of transporting all humans to another planet.
(b) Karellen's goal of ending global warming.
(c) Karellen's goal of world peace.
(d) Karellen's goal of ending racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the spectators first see Karellen?

2. What message does Karellen give Pieter Van Ryberg after Van Ryberg shares information about Rikki Stormgren's abduction?

3. Who is Pierre Duval?

4. What is the name of the boat sighted off the shore of the Pacific island launch site?

5. What does Professor Sullivan agree to help Jan Rodricks do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rikki Stormgren freed from the group that has kidnapped him?

2. Why does Karellen want two children to come inside the ship with him?

3. Why are the journalists and spectators waiting in anticipation at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. Why are professional sports almost obsolete in 2050?

5. What is the relationship between Reinhold Hoffmann and the Russian scientist Konrad Schneider?

6. What game does Rupert Boyce play with his remaining guests, and why?

7. Why are newspapers virtually obsolete in 2050?

8. What does Jan Rodricks ask Professor Sullivan to help him do, and what is Sullivan's response?

9. Who is Karellen, and what does he state is his intention for occupying Earth?

10. Who is Grigorievitch, and what expectations does he have of Konrad Schneider?

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