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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Canopeans blame for the conflicts in the 20th century?
(a) The whites' suppression of other races.
(b) A near-total lack of SOWF.
(c) The absence of an external, supervising authority.
(d) Humans' limited cognitive abilities.

2. What was the second individual's childhood like?
(a) She was left to by her parents to be entertained by the television.
(b) She was an orphan, raised in a foster home.
(c) She was loved and supported.
(d) She traveled and stayed with relatives a lot.

3. Taufiq is incarnated on Shikasta as a member of what race?
(a) African.
(b) White.
(c) Asian.
(d) Native American.

4. In Chapter 9, Johor interacts with a man who is clearly what Old Testament figure?
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Elijah.

5. Where is Johor, at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Australia.
(b) The Northern Fringes.
(c) The Canopean Embassy.
(d) Zone Six.

6. Where did the fourth individual grow up?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) Foster homes.
(d) A group home.

7. What will eventually happen to the Shammat transmitter?
(a) It will explode.
(b) It will degrade.
(c) It will be assimilated by the surrounding plant life.
(d) It will be taken back by the Shammat.

8. What other friend does Johor find in Chapter 12?
(a) Taufiq.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Ranee.
(d) David.

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

10. What is the relationship between the Giants and Natives on Shikasta?
(a) They get along, and the Natives sometimes help the Giants.
(b) They are at war.
(c) They get along, and the Giants sometimes help the Natives.
(d) They try to stay away from one another.

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

12. Where does the first individual have a nervous breakdown?
(a) In her car.
(b) In a courtroom.
(c) In her home.
(d) In a restaurant.

13. How many concentric shells does Shikasta contain?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

14. What do the Canopean emissaries sometimes do?
(a) Disguise themselves to visit their assigned planets.
(b) Communicate discreetly with the inhabitants of the planets they oversee.
(c) Incarnate as inhabitants of the planets they oversee.
(d) Act as liasons between planets they oversee.

15. The history in Chapter 10 ends around what year?
(a) 500 A.D.
(b) 2000 A.D.
(c) 500 B.C.
(d) 1000 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taufiq bring humanoids from other planets in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 9, Taufiq reports that what major change has taken place on Earth?

3. Why is Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

4. According to Chapter 10, who formed the major Shikastan religions?

5. Chapter 9 details the history of Shikasta between what two events?

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