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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In finding out about Vasilia, what is shocking to Baley?
(a) Aurora has no concept of incest.
(b) Aurora disallows single parent families.
(c) Vasilia attempts to seduce Baley.
(d) Vasilia claims her father is a fraud.

2. Who is the only surviving humaniform robot?
(a) Daneel.
(b) Fastolfe.
(c) Giskard.
(d) Jander.

3. What had brought Baley and Fastolfe together three years earlier?
(a) The murder of Daneel's creator.
(b) The murder of Aurora's president.
(c) The murder of Fastolfe's assistant.
(d) The murder of Daneel's brother.

4. In isolation, who is Baley's only contact?
(a) R. Lavinia Demacheck.
(b) R. Giskard Reventlov.
(c) R. Daneel Olivaw.
(d) R. Jander Panell.

5. What irksome observation of Vasilia bothers Baley at their meeting?
(a) She says he looks like a humaniform robot.
(b) She says that he isn't bright enough to solve the crime.
(c) She says that he is much older than she thought.
(d) She says he does not resemble the actor in the drama.

6. Fastole accused of what by refusing to create more humaniform robots?
(a) Intellectual greed.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Inability.

7. What thought panics Baley as he thinks about Giskard?
(a) That he might have killed Jander.
(b) That he is not recording all the conversations.
(c) That another robot could be exchanged for him.
(d) That he might misdirect him into danger.

8. What physical feature of Fastolfe amuses Baley?
(a) Prominent ears.
(b) Large nose.
(c) Bulging eyes.
(d) Cleft palate.

9. What is Giskard's special name for Vasilia?
(a) Little Miss.
(b) Twinkle Toes.
(c) Wonderella.
(d) Vasilina.

10. What is the distinction of Aurora in Space?
(a) The largest non-Earth colony in Space.
(b) A world where there are more robots than humans.
(c) The first human-inhabited world outside the solar system.
(d) A colony populated only by geniuses.

11. What is it that Baley cannot get Daneel to do?
(a) To go against Fastolfe.
(b) To reveal who killed Jander.
(c) To declare some human a liar.
(d) To explain how he knows when someone is lying.

12. Because modern robots weigh matters qualitatively, what does Fastolfe say is prevented?
(a) Freeze-out.
(b) Overdose.
(c) Experimentation.
(d) Confusion.

13. What role do Daneel and Giskard play in relationship to Baley?
(a) They are to persuade Baley to return to Earth.
(b) They are to guard Baley against possible danger.
(c) They are to show Baley the sights of Aurora.
(d) They are to spy on Baley.

14. What does Vasilia insist RIA will do?
(a) Clone Fastolfe's robots.
(b) Inevitably duplicate Fastolfe's achievement.
(c) Ultimately surpass Fastolfe's achievement.
(d) Finally coerce Fastolfe into cooperation.

15. What makes Earth humans likely candidates for future colonization according to Fastolfe?
(a) A history of exploration.
(b) A crowded world and short life span.
(c) Their expendability.
(d) A sense of adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladia admit about her brief encounter with Baley three years ago?

2. What is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?

3. What appears to offend Giskard?

4. Why does Fastolfe refuse to sleep with Vasilia?

5. Why does Baley conclude that Gladia must have felt some shame about her relationship to Jander?

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