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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 pronoun does Bliss suggest using for Fallom?

2. How do the people on the island react to the newcomers?

3. Who does Fallom relate Daneel Olivaw to?

4. What does Bliss detect from the travelers' new destination?

5. Why is Bander referred to as "it"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Bliss annoyed with Trevize for setting off the computer's alarm?

3. What does Trevize wish he could do when he finds the Earth is radioactive?

4. Why was Bliss able to successfully overpower Bander?

5. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

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

7. Why can't Fallom accompany the travelers onto the planet?

8. What makes the rays of the sun deadly on Melpomenia?

9. Describe how the travelers plan to find Earth using the locations of the fifty originally colonized worlds.

10. Why does Trevize think Bander explains about Solaria to the travelers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the power of the individual versus the power of the group in the novel.

1) Is Daneel more powerful than Gaia because he is a truly single entity, not a group consciousness?

2) What advantages does Trevize's individuality give him over groups? What disadvantages does he have as a single individual?

3) What are the disadvantages of governments and ruling groups in the novel? What are their advantages?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Travize's character in the novel.

1) Why is Travize driven to find Earth, despite information that Earth is radioactive or even mythical?

2) Is Travize reasonable and logical, or is he emotional and illogical? Is he both? When and why?

3) How does Travize treat other people? Is he overly manipulative? Does he recognize other people's points of view?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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