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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johor notes, upon his return, that the people of Shikasta have physically changed in what way?
(a) They are shorter.
(b) They are thinner.
(c) They are heavier.
(d) They are taller.

2. What happens to Rohanda after it is cut off from the Lock?
(a) It is abandoned by all of its inhabitants.
(b) The Canopeans abandon it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Shammat are able to drain it even faster.

3. Generally speaking, what is the most important rule of Canopus?
(a) Love.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Pride.
(d) Patriotism.

4. What is the Shammat transmitter made of?
(a) Uridium.
(b) Effluon 3.
(c) Creatonin.
(d) Unobtainium.

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

6. What is the fourth individual's nickname?
(a) The Gun.
(b) The Jackal.
(c) The Crow.
(d) The Brand.

7. What happens to individual eight that makes her so unhappy?
(a) She is raped.
(b) She is let go, quickly and unceremoniously, by her long-term employer.
(c) Her family is killed by the Shammat.
(d) She is jailed for a crime she didn't commit.

8. How do the Canopeans view the 20th century?
(a) Many mistakes, but people grew more progressive toward the end.
(b) One long war.
(c) Some advancement, but mostly conflict.
(d) The turning point for the planet.

9. How does Johor feel about the state of Shikasta, upon his return?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is saddened.
(d) He is apathetic.

10. Who does Johor find in Chapter 12?
(a) Ben and Sais.
(b) Ben and Rilla.
(c) David and Sais.
(d) David and Rilla.

11. How are the cities on Shikasta constructed?
(a) In underground caverns.
(b) There are no cities, only small villages.
(c) In geometrical shapes, with special rock formations.
(d) Built into the sides of mountains.

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

13. 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.

14. What does the second individual become?
(a) A cult leader.
(b) A saint.
(c) A pirate.
(d) A politician.

15. Who are the Shammat?
(a) The species that act as a liaison between the Natives and the Canopeans.
(b) The Canopean agents assigned to Shikasta.
(c) The new species introduced to Shikasta by the Canopeans.
(d) Dangerous beings in the Southern Hemisphere of Shikasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is tapping the energies of Rohanda, in Chapter 6?

2. Chapter 2 is a guide, written for whom?

3. The Canopeans' choice to split the Natives is reminiscent of what story from the Old Testament?

4. What is Johor searching for, at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What will eventually happen to the Shammat transmitter?

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