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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Gladia (Parts 23-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What frustration does Baley encounter as they near Aurora?
(a) He is held up going through customs.
(b) He is denied admission to the bridge.
(c) He begins to feel ill.
(d) He is locked in his cabin.

2. How is Baley transported to Aurora?
(a) In a comfortable Auroran spaceship.
(b) On a commercial freight ship.
(c) In a robot spaceship.
(d) In a time/space travel machine.

3. How is human/robot etiquette different on Aurora from that on Earth?
(a) Never giving direct orders to robots.
(b) Asking robots to sit down.
(c) Adding the H. prefix to robot names.
(d) Generally dropping the R. prefix to names.

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

5. What does Fastolfe deny to Baley?
(a) That he knows who killed Jander.
(b) That he was on the planet when Jander died.
(c) That he is the one who sent for Baley.
(d) That he intends to ruin his career.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people suspect Fastolfe of killing Jander?

2. What is Fastolfe's explanation for Jander's demise?

3. What is necessary for conversation to conform to the humaniform mindset?

4. What makes Earth humans likely candidates for future colonization according to Fastolfe?

5. Why do most Aurorans want to send humaniform robots to colonize other planets?

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