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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Solaria?
(a) A sanitarium on Earth.
(b) In the Andromeda Galaxy.
(c) A place off world from Earth.
(d) Near the outer limits of the Milky Way.

2. Who was in the room when the victim is killed?
(a) A young man.
(b) A robot.
(c) The victim's daughter.
(d) No one.

3. What happens after the man is murdered?
(a) The robot is severely damged.
(b) The young man kills himself.
(c) The daughter becomes catatonic.
(d) The viewer is broken.

4. What are in the outside areas of Earth?
(a) Factories.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Farms and mines.
(d) A nuclear wasteland.

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

6. What are programmed into every robot?
(a) Facts about all the inhabited worlds.
(b) The Immutable Laws of Physics.
(c) The Laws of Robotics.
(d) Ways to disable themselves if they become a threat.

7. What encases the people on Earth?
(a) A dome of nitrogen and oxygen.
(b) A fiberglass dome.
(c) A titanium dome.
(d) A steel dome.

8. What is the approximate population of Solaria?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 20,000,000.

9. Who is Elijah Baley?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A pilot.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A detective.

10. What does Baley think of Gladia's explanation of the difference between viewing and seeing?
(a) He is flabbergasted.
(b) He doesn't agree with it.
(c) He does not understand the explanation.
(d) He thinks it very wise.

11. How does Baley feel about going?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He does not want to go.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is indifferent.

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

13. What weapon is found in the house where the human is murdered?
(a) A flechette.
(b) A mace.
(c) A sword.
(d) None.

14. What is the viewer like that Gruer uses to speak with Baley?
(a) Real fuzzy.
(b) They do not use a viewer.
(c) Obsolete.
(d) State of the art.

15. How long does it take the robots to find Gladia after she faints?
(a) They find her immediately.
(b) 1/2 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 28 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baley unable to do before he leaves Earth?

2. Who takes care of Gladia after she finds her husband?

3. What does Gladia ask about Baley and Olivaw?

4. What does Gladia say about when she "sees" her husband?

5. For how long has Gladia and her husband been married?

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