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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. Who takes care of Gladia after she finds her husband?
(a) Her son.
(b) Robots.
(c) Her maid.
(d) Her daughter.

2. What part of the robot that Baley wants to examine is damaged?
(a) The circuits that run the movement mechanisms.
(b) The positronic brain.
(c) The cortex.
(d) The digits.

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

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

5. What does Baley realize about the Solaria's inhabitant's attitude towards Olivaw?
(a) They are indifferent.
(b) They are angry that a robot is sent to their home world.
(c) They do not know he is a robot.
(d) They like robots because they do not cause trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the robots to find Gladia after she faints?

2. Who is the man who meets Baley at Solaria?

3. What are in the outside areas of Earth?

4. How does Baley feel about going?

5. What causes Gladia to go to her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladia ask Elijah about his and Daneel's proximity and what is Elijah's response?

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

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

4. Where is Elijah Baley at the opening of the novel and about what is he thinking?

5. Who is the Undersecretary and what does he order Baley to do and why?

6. What does Elijah want from the robot that witnesses Dr. Delmarr's death and where is the robot?

7. Describe Gladia Delmarre.

8. Explain the difference between "viewing" and "seeing" on Solaria.

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

10. How is the Earth encased, and how does that make Elijah feel?

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