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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 is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) Laws which humans make are too difficult to obey.
(b) A robot must obey human orders unless such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(c) A robot may not injure a human or allow one to come to harm.
(d) A robot must protect its own existence, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.

2. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4, Dors questions Hari as to why what must be lost?
(a) The Enlightenment.
(b) The Intuition.
(c) The Truth.
(d) The Periphery.

3. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 7, Raych enjoys a rare dinner with whom?
(a) Mandell Gruber.
(b) Hari and Dors.
(c) Yugo Amaryl.
(d) Mandell and Kaspal.

4. Raych reveals that Eto is what in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 18?
(a) A woman.
(b) A republican.
(c) A human.
(d) A robot.

5. Whose policy consists of fostering and exploiting breakdowns in the infrastructure around Trantor to foment popular discontent in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 5?
(a) Emperor Cleon I.
(b) Yugo Amaryl.
(c) Namarti's.
(d) Gennaro Mummery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gleb Andorin is a nephew of what infamous figure?

2. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 2, Hari obsesses about turning how old?

3. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 9, Cleon advises Hari that a few exemplary executions of saboteurs would be useful, Hari argues that this will only lead to what?

4. What attractive prostitute approaches Raych in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 11?

5. Who is the First Minister to Emperor Cleon I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What device is introduced in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3?

2. What is stated regarding "the fall" in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4?

3. When and where does Part 2, Cleon I begin? Who is introduced in the first chapter?

4. Why does Hari solicit Raych to go undercover in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 12? What in this chapter foreshadows conflict?

5. What is discussed regarding civil war in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3? What does Hari believe to be the best approach?

6. What conversation and conflict takes place between Namarti and Gleb Andorin in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 16?

7. What references does Hari use to support his case regarding nature in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3?

8. What conflict arises between Hari and Dors in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 13?

9. What is the goal of the psychohistorians, as established in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1? How does Yugo Amaryl feel about this goal?

10. How is the character of Cleon I portrayed in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1?

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