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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alpha - The New Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old do the entry stations to the planet seem?
(a) They seem fairly new, but damaged.
(b) They seem fairly old, but in perfect condition.
(c) They seem very new.
(d) They seem very old.

2. What does Deniador say early settlers were dependent on?
(a) their ability to adapt to cold
(b) a tyrannical leader
(c) robots
(d) a mechanized shelter

3. Why is Bander referred to as "it"?
(a) Bander is a robot.
(b) Bander is part male and part female.
(c) Bander will not reveal his or her gender.
(d) Trevize insults Bander by calling him "it."

4. What does the government offer Trevize?
(a) immunity if he tells them what they want to know
(b) a chance to leave, without his friends
(c) a different ship
(d) a chance to make bail

5. What is Trevize concerned might be the result of being part of Gaia?
(a) having too much information to handle
(b) limitation of life and growth because of thinking the same
(c) living too much in the past
(d) lack of privacy and inability to keep secrets

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trevize tell Bliss to do with the child?

2. What is the first difference Trevize notes between their next destination planet and the ones they've visited?

3. Why doesn't Bliss want to marry?

4. What is the official truly interested in?

5. In the myth Pelorat relates, what causes thorns and thistles?

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