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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. How many people inhabit Solaria?

2. According to Bander, why have records of early settlers been destroyed?

3. How does Bliss kill Bander?

4. Why is Fallom unhappy?

5. What do the travelers think people of Solaria and New Earth are most concerned with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

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

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

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

5. How does Trevize react when the ship's controls are taken over as they approach the moon?

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

7. What criticism does Trevize have of the Solarian society?

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

9. Describe the meals on New Earth.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss power in the novel.

1) What gives Bliss power? Is she more powerful than Travize?

2) What kind of power does Travize have in the novel? How do other characters exert power over him?

3) What are Daneel's powers in the novel? Does Daneel have an excess of power?

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

How do cultures in the novel try to protect themselves and promote their ways of life? Discuss the nature and values of the cultures of Comporellon, Solaria, New Earth, and Gaia. In what ways do each of these cultures compete with each other and try to protect themselves? Can cultures co-exist without undermining one another?

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