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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. Why do people feel comfortable looking any way when using a viewer?
(a) Because it is not considered polite to look at the person with whom one is chatting on a viewer.
(b) Because it is a very relaxed culture.
(c) Because a viewer does not entail smell or feel.
(d) Because the viewer is only for voice; not visual.

2. What does Gladia say about when she "sees" her husband?
(a) They see each other twice a year on national holidays.
(b) They do so when scheduled.
(c) They always see each other.
(d) They never see each other.

3. What is important to the inhabitants of Solaria?
(a) Their robots.
(b) The cultural mores.
(c) Their family ties.
(d) The foods they produce.

4. What happens to Gruer as he is talking with Baley?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He dies.
(d) He falls asleep.

5. About what does Baley think on the plane?
(a) The death of his boss.
(b) How little there is between him and the outside world.
(c) The murder he investigated with a robot in Spacer world.
(d) His mistress in Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what planet is the person joining Baley?

2. How does Gladia respond to Baley's question?

3. What does Gladia do when she finds her husband?

4. What do the people on the Outer Worlds believe about Earthmen?

5. What is Baley unable to do before he leaves Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the authorities believe Gladia did not kill her husband and what does Gladia say when Elijah asks her if she did it?

2. What happens to Gruer while Elijah is communicating with him and what does Elijah do?

3. What does Gruer tell Elijah about the murder case?

4. What is Baley's response to his orders?

5. Why does Daneel believe Gladia is naked while first "viewing" with Elijah?

6. What does Gladia tell Elijah about her relationship with her husband?

7. What is Elijah's attitude towards robots and what is the exception?

8. How are the farming and mining areas set apart from other Earth space?

9. How do people on the Outer Worlds view Earthmen?

10. Who meets Elijah at Solaria and what does he realize from the meeting?

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