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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. Where was the site of Baley's last mission away from earth?
(a) Solaria.
(b) The Spaceport.
(c) Mars.
(d) Aurora.

2. What is a noticeable prejudice among a majority of Earth people?
(a) The use of robots.
(b) Humanoid robotics.
(c) Travel to Space.
(d) Working on the Outside.

3. To where does Fastolfe say Earth humans have swept natural indigenous species?
(a) Into extinction.
(b) Into zoos.
(c) Onto other planets.
(d) Into memory.

4. What does Baley suspect Fastolfe may have ordered Daneel to do?
(a) To report everything Baley says.
(b) To deny Jander was given to Gladia.
(c) To ignore questions about Jander.
(d) To lie about lying.

5. What does Daneel foresee will be a problem for Baley?
(a) His Earth clothes.
(b) His inability to think logically.
(c) His ignorance of common social customs.
(d) His reputation for drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Baley the astrosimulator of his own volition?

2. What had brought Baley and Fastolfe together three years earlier?

3. Who reacts quickly to rescue Baley from a situation during the ship's descent?

4. What is the distinction of Aurora in Space?

5. What do both Gladia and Fastolfe agree is impossible for a human to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Vasilia and her sister, Lumen, differ politically from their father?

2. What is the nature of the case Baley is called upon to solve on planet Aurora?

3. Define the line of questioning for which Baley gets no information from the robots who are guarding him.

4. Define what Baley thinks will be difficult for him back on Earth.

5. What indicates how life-like the humaniform robots are?

6. How does Gladia shock Baley when she tells him about her life on Aurora?

7. In what way is Daneel unique?

8. How does Baley have to deal with Daneel in conversation?

9. How, apparently, was the humaniform robot, R. Jander Panell, killed?

10. How has Baley become famous throughout the Spacer universe?

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