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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some Canopeans believe should be done with Shikasta?
(a) It should be jettisoned.
(b) It should be blown up.
(c) It should be sold to the Shammat.
(d) It should be redeemed.

2. Chapter 8 describes the British as being tolerant of a high degree of what?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Racist behavior.

3. Why is Rohanda renamed Shikasta?
(a) It is taken over by another race, who rename it.
(b) The inhabitants rename it in an effort to assert their independence.
(c) It is renamed after an important Canopean official who fell in the line of duty.
(d) It has been drained of most of its resources.

4. Why does Taufiq bring humanoids from other planets in Chapter 9?
(a) To shift the genetics of the population.
(b) To hasten the Shikastans' evolution.
(c) To work for the Shikastans.
(d) To defeat the Shikastans, and take over their planet.

5. Johor's worst experience is with what planet?
(a) Shammat.
(b) Shikasta.
(c) Rohanda.
(d) Puttioria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "ideology" do the Canopeans consider most dangerous?

2. What would have been the result of the second individual's trial, if it had gone according to plan?

3. What is the relationship between the Giants and Natives on Shikasta?

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

5. What does Johor attempt to do to his friends after finding them?

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