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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 Bliss able to detect about the animal life on the planet?
(a) The animals are dying.
(b) There are no, or few, humans.
(c) There are only sea creatures.
(d) The animals are sentient.

2. What happened to Yariff's attempts to find Earth?
(a) He failed to find Earth.
(b) He found Earth, but refused to disclose its location.
(c) He disappeared, and no one knows what happened.
(d) He died before his attempt was complete.

3. Who does Pelorat believe settled the planet?
(a) a group of sentient robots
(b) a religious organization looking to create a Garden of Eden
(c) malcontents from early Earth settlements
(d) the first wave of settlers from Earth

4. What does Trevize look for as a landing spot?
(a) a plateau
(b) a highway
(c) an open field
(d) ruins

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Trevize tell the official Bliss is?

2. What does Trevize say would happen if news of Bliss' presence got out?

3. Does Bliss sense robots on the planet?

4. What is Bliss' view of breaking the law?

5. What is Trevize concerned might be the result of being part of Gaia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Trevize's initial objection to his friend accompanying him on his search?

2. What caused Yariff's project to find Earth to fail?

3. Why might the showers on Comporellon be colder than showers Trevize is used to?

4. What does Pelorat say the rain means, when the spaceship is departing?

5. When was Gaia first formed?

6. What are some differences between animal life in the galaxy as Trevize knows it and animals on Earth today?

7. What does Trevize hope to find in the ruins?

8. What game does Pelorat tell Trevize about?

9. How does Trevize feel when he first steps off his ship onto Aurora?

10. What does Trevize's willingness to lie, bribe, and bully show about his character?

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