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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Johor try to locate on Shikasta, in Chapter 6?
(a) The Shammat transmittor.
(b) The capitol city of the Natives.
(c) The capitol city of the Giants.
(d) The Canopean embassy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Shikasta mean?

3. In Chapter 9, what do the Canopean emissaries report regarding the Natives?

4. Which shell concerns human history?

5. The very nature of Shikasta results in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the individual known as "The Brand"?

2. Why was Rohanda renamed Shikasta?

3. What does Johor report regarding Taufiq in Chapter 7?

4. What is Johor's mission, when he incarnates on Shikasta in Chapter 6?

5. Who are the Giants?

6. Rohanda was divided among what civilizations?

7. What comments does Johor make about the white races in Chapter 13?

8. Who does Johor find on the outskirts of Zone Six, in Chapter 12?

9. What is the main Canopean ideology?

10. Who was the first individual introduced in Chapter 11, and what would John Brent-Oxford have done for her as a lawyer?

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