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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 call Beta?

2. Why does Trevize want to leave Bliss on the spaceship?

3. What does Trevize hope to find on the next planet, even if there is no life?

4. What does Hiroko confess to Trevize?

5. What is the first difference Trevize notes between their next destination planet and the ones they've visited?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the meals on New Earth.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The conflict between the individual and society is a central theme of Foundation and Earth. Discuss how the cultures of different planets in the novel deal with this conflict, including Gaia, Solaria, Comporellon, and New Earth.

1) Is it possible to find a healthy, peaceful balance between the rights of the individual and the rights of society?

2) What is lost in the social models of the book as the cultures attempt to resolve the conflict between individuals and society?

Essay Topic 3

The novel depicts humanity in many different forms, and in the end of the novel, Fallom merges with Daneel, becoming a partial robot and partial human. Discuss what it means to be human in the novel.

1) In what ways are the different humans from different cultures depicted in the novel the same? Are their similarities more significant than their differences?

2) Why do different human cultures view each other separately and not as part of the same humanity?

3) Is Fallom still human when he merges with Daneel? Is Daneel, in some ways, human?

4) Through adaptation and genetic engineering, is it possible for a human race to change so much that they are no longer "human"? What does it mean to be human?

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