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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fallom try to do with the computer?

2. How do the people on the island react to the newcomers?

3. What does Hiroko confess to Trevize?

4. What is Tervize's opinion about taking Fallom with them?

5. What does the growth live on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Trevize think Bander explains about Solaria to the travelers?

2. Why is Bliss annoyed with Trevize for setting off the computer's alarm?

3. What does Trevize wish he could do when he finds the Earth is radioactive?

4. Where does Bander get power?

5. What aspects of the environment on New Earth affect the people's culture?

6. Why can't Fallom accompany the travelers onto the planet?

7. Describe the meals on New Earth.

8. How does Trevize react when the ship's controls are taken over as they approach the moon?

9. What reasons does Hiroko give for having sex with Trevize?

10. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss predestination and choice in the novel.

1) Are characters' choices predestined by their psychology and environment?

2) The characters are unaware that they are being manipulated by Daneel. Do they still have choice or is free will an illusion?

3) In the novel, is the course of society as a whole predestined by the nature of man and his environment? In what ways is the course of society predestined or uncertain?

Essay Topic 2

The novel depicts humanity in many different forms, and in the end of the novel, Fallom merges with Daneel, becoming a partial robot and partial human. Discuss what it means to be human in the novel.

1) In what ways are the different humans from different cultures depicted in the novel the same? Are their similarities more significant than their differences?

2) Why do different human cultures view each other separately and not as part of the same humanity?

3) Is Fallom still human when he merges with Daneel? Is Daneel, in some ways, human?

4) Through adaptation and genetic engineering, is it possible for a human race to change so much that they are no longer "human"? What does it mean to be human?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Travize's character in the novel.

1) Why is Travize driven to find Earth, despite information that Earth is radioactive or even mythical?

2) Is Travize reasonable and logical, or is he emotional and illogical? Is he both? When and why?

3) How does Travize treat other people? Is he overly manipulative? Does he recognize other people's points of view?

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