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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 Trevize discover about the planet they are seeking?

2. What does Trevize accidentally break off the statue?

3. What does Pelorat compare Trevize's exploration of three planets to?

4. Who does Fallom hope to revive?

5. Why does Pelorat suggest ending the mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Pelorat think Bliss has for taking Fallom with them?

2. Why is Fallom uncomfortable on the island of New Earth?

3. What does Pelorat promise Fallom if Fallom will lead the travelers out of Bander's estate?

4. Why was Bliss able to successfully overpower Bander?

5. Describe Trevize and Pelorat's important discovery on Melpomenia.

6. What aspects of the environment on New Earth affect the people's culture?

7. Where does Bander get power?

8. Describe the meals on New Earth.

9. What reasons does Hiroko give for having sex with Trevize?

10. What is Trevize's reasoning for continuing to search for information about Earth, now that he's found the planet and sees that it's radioactive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss predestination and choice in the novel.

1) Are characters' choices predestined by their psychology and environment?

2) The characters are unaware that they are being manipulated by Daneel. Do they still have choice or is free will an illusion?

3) In the novel, is the course of society as a whole predestined by the nature of man and his environment? In what ways is the course of society predestined or uncertain?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of Gaia.

1) Are the members of Gaia truly individuals? To what extent? Do they lose their individuality as part of Gaia?

2) Does the joined consciousness of Gaia mean better decisions? Could Gaia make wrong choices leading to bad results?

3) Would it be a good idea for all humankind to join together as part of Gaia?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the three types of conflict in the novels.

1) How does the novel show the conflict between man and nature? How is adaptation and control of the environment part of that conflict?

2) How does the novel show the conflict between man and man? How is competition between different cultures part of that conflict?

3) How does the novel show the conflict between man and himself? Discuss the conflicts felt by major characters including Trevize, Fallom, and Daneel.

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