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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the government offer Trevize?
(a) immunity if he tells them what they want to know
(b) a different ship
(c) a chance to leave, without his friends
(d) a chance to make bail

2. What does Pelorat ask Bliss as they approach the planet?
(a) Pelorat asks Bliss to make their relationship public.
(b) Pelorat asks Bliss to marry him.
(c) Pelorat asks Bliss to hide their relationship.
(d) Pelorat asks Bliss to have his child.

3. What happens to the memories of someone who dies on Gaia?
(a) The memories are distributed to others.
(b) The memories slowly fade away.
(c) The memories are immediately lost.
(d) The memories must be retrieved to be kept.

4. What finally drives off the animals?
(a) Trevize injures one with severe pain.
(b) Pelorat lures them away off a cliff.
(c) Bliss gives them hallucinations.
(d) Bliss uses mind control to make them afraid.

5. What is Pelorat's experience of Gaia like?
(a) sinister uneasiness
(b) euphoric joy
(c) vague pleasure
(d) extreme terror

6. What is the entry official's name?
(a) Montecco
(b) Kendray
(c) Oskar
(d) Lintago

7. When does Trevize say he will return to have sex with the minister?
(a) when he returns to give her reports about his misison
(b) never
(c) when he is finished with his mission
(d) when she promises to let him have the Far Star

8. What does Trevize use instead of a map?
(a) He decides to head toward the destination without information.
(b) He uses the ship's computer.
(c) He uses a mathematical simulation of the Milky Way.
(d) He uses the ship's telescope.

9. What is the weather like as Trevize prepares to leave?
(a) snowing
(b) sunny
(c) raining
(d) foggy

10. What does Bliss say that Gaia wants from Trevize?
(a) Gaia wants him to remain neutral.
(b) Gaia wants him to reveal the truth.
(c) Gaia wants him to hide Gaia's origin.
(d) Gaia wants him to change his vote.

11. What does Trevize warn Pelorat about experiencing Gaia?
(a) Trevize is afraid it could permanently change Pelorat's behavior.
(b) Trevize is afraid it is addictive and Pelorat might die.
(c) Trevize is concerned that Pelorat will no longer understand his point of view.
(d) Trevize is concerned that Pelorat will go insane.

12. What does Bliss imagine it would be like to not be part of Gaia?
(a) isolated and alone
(b) free and confident
(c) alternatively sorrowful and joyful
(d) full of power

13. How did Yariff think he could find Earth?
(a) by a complex geometry of the stars
(b) by documenting the genetics of settlers on different planets
(c) by studying the ages of all the planets
(d) by communion with nature

14. Under what conditions does Bliss say she will interfere?
(a) if they are convicted
(b) if she knows the government is corrupt
(c) if she is separated from Pelorat
(d) if Trevize's life is in danger

15. What is the name of the official Trevize, Pelorat, and Bliss speak with?
(a) Errigo
(b) Rellon
(c) Lizalor
(d) Santiga

Short Answer Questions

1. How old do the entry stations to the planet seem?

2. Who suggested that Trevise head for Comporellon?

3. What does Trevize hope to find in Gaia's records?

4. What does Bliss think of the cold weather?

5. What animal approaches Trevize?

(see the answer keys)

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