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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 does Baley tell Gladia?

2. What does Gladia want with her husband that he thinks is wrong?

3. What does Daneel say about Aurora's attitude towards Solaria?

4. What does Anselmo say is unbearable?

5. Who does Leebig say constantly fought?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who replaces Gruer and what does he tell Daneel and Baley to do?

2. How does Klorissa feel about her job at the fetal farm?

3. What does Klorissa tell Baley was they are touring the fetal farm?

4. What does Leebig say about the Delmarres?

5. Describe the conversation between Elijah and Gladia about Gruer's poisoning.

6. How does Gladia respond to seeing Baley in person and what does she tell him?

7. How does Elijah trick R. Daneel so Elijah can go off by himself to do his investigating?

8. What does Anselmo suddenly do as Baley is speaking with him?

9. What does Baley ask of Gladia that shocks her and what does she say about her relationship to Jothan Leebig?

10. What does the robot tell Baley about the arrow and the belief that has been programmed into the robot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Naked Sun--questions that most likely Asimov wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Asimov's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 3

Because of the way Solaria is structured, the life expectancy of the human beings is much greater than that of Earth either then or now. Discuss the following:

1. What would it be like to have a life expectancy of several hundred years?

2. Could Earth sustain life if people lived that long?

3. Do you think if the life expectancy were that long, the birth rate would plummet?

4. How long would adolescence last if one lived to be 350 years old?

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