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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 details the history of Shikasta between what two events?
(a) World War II and the collapse of the Lock.
(b) The collapse of the Lock and the 20th century apocalypse.
(c) World War I and World War II.
(d) World War II and World War III.

2. What do the "primitive" peoples do, after the Second World War?
(a) Shun any influence of civilization on their peoples.
(b) Rise up and resist oppression.
(c) Retreat into the wilderness, and avoid contact with civilization.
(d) Continue life as they did previously, without much change.

3. Individual three's philosophy is close to what school of thought?
(a) American Democracy.
(b) German Nazism.
(c) Russian Marxism.
(d) Italian Fascism.

4. Taufiq was incarnated on Shikasta after what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The American Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Russo-American War.

5. What is individual eight's profession?
(a) Immigrant worker in a small town.
(b) Terrorist and criminal.
(c) Immigration agent for Canopea.
(d) Agent of the Shammat.

6. What was the first individual's crime?
(a) She kidnapped a child.
(b) She refused to pay taxes.
(c) She destroyed property.
(d) She killed someone.

7. What "ideology" do the Canopeans consider most dangerous?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Intelligent design.
(c) Science.
(d) Military interference.

8. What does Johor say about the religion of the white races in Chapter 13?
(a) It is morally inferior to other religions.
(b) It resulted in more deaths than the wars did.
(c) It is the most bigoted religion in history.
(d) It was the largest to ever exist on Shikasta.

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

10. What did the Sirian Empire do on Rohanda?
(a) Attempted to interact with the Natives, but eventually declared war on them.
(b) Built cities, and attempted to settle it.
(c) Performed plant and animal experimentation.
(d) Sent all of their exiled prisoners there.

11. What does the Lock do?
(a) Prevents Rohanda's inhabitants from leaving the planet.
(b) Connects Rohanda to the galactic flow of energies.
(c) Keeps the Natives and the Giants separated.
(d) Prevents Rohanda's enemies from penetrating its atmosphere.

12. What word best describes Shikasta?
(a) Stable.
(b) Flourishing.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Loving.

13. What cuts Rohanda off from the Lock?
(a) Shammat interference.
(b) The Canopeans.
(c) War.
(d) A cosmic disturbance.

14. What would have been the result of the second individual's trial, if it had gone according to plan?
(a) A new public awareness of propaganda mechanisms.
(b) A reevaluation of the criminal justice system.
(c) A reevaluation of the foster care system.
(d) A renewed sense of family closeness.

15. What did Canopus do for the Natives of Shikasta?
(a) Showed them how to use tools and fire.
(b) Made the planet's climate more hospitable.
(c) Helped them to master mathematics and astronomy.
(d) Hastened their evolution by introducing a new species.

Short Answer Questions

1. Taufiq is incarnated on Shikasta as a member of what race?

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

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

4. The first woman mentioned in Chapter 11 lives where?

5. Where did the fourth individual grow up?

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