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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trevise run to for protection?

2. Why are Trevize, Pelorat, and Bliss arrested?

3. Why does Trevize wonder if he should worry about his safety?

4. What is Pelorat's experience of Gaia like?

5. What does Trevize use instead of a map?

Short Essay Questions

1. By allowing Trevize to land, what is the border official prioritizing above the law of society?

2. What kinds of plants and animals did the early space travelers introduce onto Aurora?

3. What game does Pelorat tell Trevize about?

4. When was Gaia first formed?

5. Why won't Bliss use her mental powers to help Trevize keep the Far Star?

6. What does the minister plan to do if anyone questions her decision to let Trevize leave?

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

8. Does Lizalor show respect for the law?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Daneel to a deity. Daneel is a powerful, mind-controlling robot who has existed for 20,000 years, operating behind the scenes to try to protect and help mankind.

1) In what ways is Daneel god-like? In what ways is Daneel's garden beneath the surface of the moon like a heaven?

2) What limits or checks are there on Daneel's power? Is Daneel too powerful?

3) Has Daneel succeeded in completely manipulating Trevize? Why does Trevize feel a sense of joy when the ship is taken over for him as he approaches Daneel and the end of his journey?

Essay Topic 2

Human beings have a tendency to look at those outside our own cultural groups as "others," often to be feared or distrusted. Discuss the "other" in the novel.

1) How does Fallom's lack of gender, as neither male nor female, make him an "other" to Trevize?

2) Trevize seems to view Bliss as an "other" at the beginning of the novel and then come to accept her over time. How does this transformation happen?

3) How does distrust of the "other" protect societies and cultures in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of women and sexuality in the novel.

1) Compare the two sexual encounters Trevize has with the female representatives of societies he visits. Does Trevize use his sexuality to manipulate one or both of these women? Do the women use sexuality to manipulate him?

2) How are sexual mores different in the different cultures in the novel? How does this affect the role of women in those cultures?

3) Is Bliss a strong female character? How does her sexuality affect her role in the novel?

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