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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 is said about the Outer Worlds' military power?

2. What are programmed into every robot?

3. In what state does Gladia find her husband?

4. What does Baley say about "seeing" Olivaw?

5. With what does Olivaw believe Earth inhabitants have problems?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Elijah Baley.

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

6. What shocks Baley about his first communication with Gladia, and how does she explain the situation? What is Elijah's response?

7. How do people on Solaria communicate and what are Baley's beliefs about how that will affect his investigation?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think the The Naked Sun is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Lije questions why robots need to appear in the form of human likeness, why not another machine? He also wonders why the authorities are wanting those on Solaria to think R. Daneel is a human being. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think the human form is the most generalized form in all of nature? Why or why not?

2. Do you think the human form is more economical and efficient for robots? Why or why not.

3. Even if the human form is more economical and efficient, why do you think R. Daneel is anatomically correct, even to his genitalia? Does that amount of exactitude serve a purpose? What would that be?

Essay Topic 3

Solaria has a huge population of robots that outnumber human beings ten thousand to one; whereas the ration of human beings to robots on earth is much less, with human beings outnumbering robots.

1. Why do you think the people of Earth prefer human assistance?

2. How similar is their revolt to many people in our culture who complain about trying to call a company and getting a voice instructing them to push numbers?

3. Do you think there will be a time when robots do all the work for human beings? What do you think will be gained by that? What will be lost?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages with the prolific use of robots on Solaria?

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