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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first witness George calls on in Chapter 33?
(a) Sharma Patel.
(b) A Hopi man.
(c) An Asian woman.
(d) John Brent-Oxford.

2. According to Chapter 14, what is most divisive among humans?
(a) Religious differences.
(b) Scientific thought.
(c) The generation gap.
(d) Nationalities.

3. Chapter 19 also describes the plight of what group of people on Shikasta?
(a) The Muslims.
(b) The poorest.
(c) The Giants.
(d) Women.

4. What is happening to Benjamin in Chapter 31?
(a) He is undergoing re-education.
(b) He is being shipped off to another planet.
(c) He is being recalled to the Canopean embassy.
(d) He is being held in a Shammat penitentiary.

5. Who is Hasan?
(a) One of George's teachers.
(b) Rachel's boyfriend.
(c) Benjamin's cousin.
(d) The Sherbans' neighbor.

6. Who is writing to George in Chapter 32?
(a) Taufiq.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Sharma.
(d) Suzannah.

7. The Sherbans don't care much for what?
(a) Popular music.
(b) Religion.
(c) Political ideology.
(d) Social mores.

8. What creates the most anxiety in humans, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Intolerance between races.
(b) The horrors of war and other conflicts.
(c) Short lifespans.
(d) Religious insecurities.

9. Why does Rachel keep a diary?
(a) She has a poor memory.
(b) She hopes to get it published someday.
(c) It starts as a school project.
(d) George wants her to.

10. What do the Shammat want to do with George in Chapter 26?
(a) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(b) Send him to a penal colony.
(c) Continue covertly observing his activities.
(d) Assassinate him.

11. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) George resigns from leadership of the youth armies.
(b) Benjamin refuses to help George with his political ambitions.
(c) George's parents die.
(d) Chen Liu and Ku Yuang are arrested, re-educated, and killed.

12. Johor narrows his search for parents down to what two families?
(a) A Muslim family and a British family.
(b) An African family and a Muslim family.
(c) A British family, and one of mixed race.
(d) An Irish family and a British family.

13. What is John Brent-Oxford's argument in Chapter 33?
(a) He pleads guilty to everything, but points out that non-whites have been guilty of many of the same crimes.
(b) He blames the actions of the white races on a lack of SOWF.
(c) He argues that the whites were pushed to extremes by external forces.
(d) He denies all allegations made against the whites.

14. Rachel writes, in Chapter 25, that George often visits what foreign country?
(a) India.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Japan.
(d) Scotland.

15. How does Rachel feel about Suzannah, initially?
(a) She hates her because she is beautiful, but stupid.
(b) She feels that there is something sinister about her, and doesn't trust her.
(c) She admires her intelligence and work ethic.
(d) She admires her ease in social situations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much SOWF does Lynda believe she receives?

2. Who is George Herbert?

3. What ideologies rose to replace the declining ones, in Chapter 19?

4. What is the end result of the mock trial?

5. To whom is Tafta writing in Chapter 26?

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