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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Bliss want to marry?
(a) She does not want to marry someone who's not Gaian.
(b) She has feelings for someone else.
(c) She says Gaians do not need marriage.
(d) She is not truly in love.

2. What happened to the first settlers, according to Deniador?
(a) They forgot their origins.
(b) They died.
(c) They returned to Earth.
(d) They rebelled against their government.

3. How did Yariff think he could find Earth?
(a) by studying the ages of all the planets
(b) by a complex geometry of the stars
(c) by documenting the genetics of settlers on different planets
(d) by communion with nature

4. Why does Pelorat say thorns and thistles may be needed?
(a) to protect flowers and fruits
(b) to balance an eco-system
(c) to create variety
(d) to ward off predators

5. What is the purpose of the entry stations?
(a) to record a census of ships entering the area
(b) to maintain treaties with the bordering areas
(c) to ransack the ships and confiscate valuable goods
(d) to check that ships can legally enter the area

6. What problem is there with Bliss entering Comporellon?
(a) Bliss is wanted for a crime on Comporellon.
(b) Bliss has no official papers.
(c) Comporellon and Gaia are in a state of war.
(d) Comporellon treats all Gaians as spies.

7. What does the minister do after having sex with Trevize?
(a) She waits until he's asleep to search his clothes.
(b) She goes to take a shower.
(c) She goes to sleep.
(d) She leaves him alone in the room.

8. What does Trevize want to search for?
(a) the oldest robot
(b) Earth
(c) Gaian life
(d) evidence of another alien race

9. How does Trevize first try to convince the official to let him land?
(a) by threatening to tie him up and escape past him
(b) by using his power as a government official
(c) by offering him Bliss
(d) by threatening to shoot him

10. What is the name of the official Trevize, Pelorat, and Bliss speak with?
(a) Santiga
(b) Rellon
(c) Errigo
(d) Lizalor

11. What does Trevize promise the minister?
(a) He promises to carry her necklace with him.
(b) He promises to return.
(c) He promises to bring her to Earth one day.
(d) He promises to send back the Far Star after the mission.

12. What does Bliss say that Gaia wants from Trevize?
(a) Gaia wants him to hide Gaia's origin.
(b) Gaia wants him to reveal the truth.
(c) Gaia wants him to remain neutral.
(d) Gaia wants him to change his vote.

13. Under what conditions does Bliss say she will interfere?
(a) if they are convicted
(b) if she knows the government is corrupt
(c) if Trevize's life is in danger
(d) if she is separated from Pelorat

14. What does Trevize think happened to the missing records?
(a) They were destroyed by a magnetic field.
(b) Bliss is hiding them from him.
(c) Someone destroyed or removed them.
(d) They degraded over time, showing the limitations of Gaian memory storage.

15. In the myth Pelorat relates, what causes thorns and thistles?
(a) cursed soil
(b) a protection spell
(c) cursed water
(d) cursed seeds

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bliss say that Trevize believes she is?

2. What conclusion does Trevize come to from mapping their destination?

3. Does Bliss sense robots on the planet?

4. What does Trevize use instead of a map?

5. Who greets Trevize, Bliss, and Pelorat when they disembark?

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