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

2. From where does the fantasy of Vasilia and Giskard come?
(a) A book out of the Bible.
(b) A popular opera on Aurora.
(c) A fantasy brought from Earth.
(d) A myth about a robot who becomes human.

3. What is Gladia's origin?
(a) Solaria.
(b) Earth.
(c) Mars.
(d) Aurora.

4. What strange thing does Baley do upon reuniting with Daneel?
(a) He invites him for a drink.
(b) He hugs him.
(c) He questions his loyalty.
(d) He doesn't recognize him.

5. What is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?
(a) Organize a Spacer garden.
(b) Rebuild houses after a hurricane.
(c) Colonize another world
(d) Train robots to work outside the domes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Earth refuses to use as opposed to all other Spacer worlds?

2. What does Baley suspect Fastolfe may have ordered Daneel to do?

3. How does Asimov get across the poor conditions back on Earth?

4. What does Baley think about while using the Personal?

5. What is a major difference between Aurorans and Earth people?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Daneel unique?

2. Describe the circumstances of Baley's former relationship to Gladia.

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

4. What are the reasons Auroran Globalists reject Earth people as having any part in Galactic Expansion?

5. Describe the impact on the weather as Baley goes about trying to prove Fastolfe's innocence.

6. How does Daneel explain that another robot could be substituted for Giskard without anyone knowing?

7. How is Baley treated on the Auroran spaceship?

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

9. Even though Jander was in someone else's possession at the time of his death, why is Fastolfe a prime suspect?

10. When Baley panics while using the device to view space from his cabin, what is unusual about the way he is rescued?

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