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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Trevize believe in psychohistory?
(a) No, he believes it's a myth.
(b) Yes, he believes it exists and that it works.
(c) Yes, but he believes it doesn't work.
(d) No, he won't believe until he sees proof.

2. How does Pelorat react to Trevize having sex with the minister?
(a) He is worried it might cause problems.
(b) He believes the minister is using Trevize.
(c) He congratulates Trevize.
(d) He tells Trevize that he needs a real relationship.

3. What does the planet Gaia have only one of?
(a) plant
(b) consciousness
(c) person
(d) species

4. How can Bliss protect the travelers?
(a) with a weapon she's smuggled aboard
(b) with her intuition
(c) with the power of Gaia
(d) with a defensive shield

5. What does Bliss call people who are not part of Gaia?
(a) Isolates
(b) Onlies
(c) Ones
(d) Individuals

6. What does Trevize say when Pelorat asks him to accept Bliss?
(a) Trevize says he already accepts Bliss.
(b) Trevize says he can never like Bliss.
(c) Trevize says he will try to accept Bliss but makes no promises.
(d) Trevize says it's Gaia he dislikes, not Bliss.

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

8. What ancient document does Deniador tell Trevize about?
(a) a ship's log
(b) a town record of travelers
(c) a personal diary
(d) a book on history

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

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

11. What is Pelorat concerned about when Trevize reveals the story he told the entry point official?
(a) He is concerned that the official didn't truly believe Trevize.
(b) He is concerned that Trevize lies too much.
(c) He is concerned that Bliss will think he's married.
(d) He is concerned that the lie will be discovered by officials.

12. After Trevize and his crew land, why does Trevize think they've been picked up?
(a) He thinks the government wants to see him.
(b) He thinks they're being arrested for lying.
(c) He thinks they're being brought to a hotel.
(d) He thinks they're being deported from the planet.

13. Who does Pelorat believe settled the planet?
(a) a religious organization looking to create a Garden of Eden
(b) malcontents from early Earth settlements
(c) the first wave of settlers from Earth
(d) a group of sentient robots

14. What does Trevize tell the minister?
(a) He will blackmail her for having the affair with him.
(b) He does not want to see her again.
(c) He has a plan for them to remain lovers.
(d) He wants them to make their relationship public.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greets Trevize, Bliss, and Pelorat when they disembark?

2. What is Bliss's reaction to Trevize arming himself to disembark on the second unknown planet?

3. What do the rings around a planet remind Pelorat of?

4. Why are Trevize, Pelorat, and Bliss arrested?

5. Why do many Gaians gather for the takeoff?

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