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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jesse?
(a) Lije's wife.
(b) Lije's boss's daughter.
(c) Lije's best friend.
(d) Lije's ex-girlfriend.

2. What does Lije think happened?
(a) Dr. Sarton was murdered but his body was not found.
(b) Dr. Sarton made a robot copy of himself, blasted it, and arranged for the Spacers to send a robot into the City.
(c) Dr. Sarton is hiding out somewhere.
(d) Dr. Sarton has moved back to Aurora.

3. What is Enderby about to tell Baley?
(a) That Baley is being transferred.
(b) About the circumstances surrounding what happened to him three days earlier.
(c) That Enderby is resigning his position.
(d) That Baley is being laid off.

4. When Jesse sees Daneel again, what does she guess?
(a) That he's an undercover CIA agent.
(b) That he needs some fine tuning.
(c) That he's a robot.
(d) That he is the murderer.

5. What did Roj Nemennuh Sarton think would produce a world like the one the Spacers wanted?
(a) Terraforming.
(b) Everyone going vegetarian.
(c) The integration of robots with human society.
(d) Creating androids that actually could reproduce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to intrigue Dr. Fastolfe?

2. Why does Lije prefer Enderby to do so rather than himself?

3. What is the relationship of Jesse and Lije's counterparts in the Bible?

4. How does Lije feel as he breathes real country air?

5. Why has Dr. Sarton's murder been assigned to the Commissioner's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lije unwilling to ask for reassignment from this case and what is Jesse's attitude about Lije's position on the force?

2. What does Jesse want and what is Lije's response? Is Jesse justified in her request?

3. What is the process Lije has to go through to enter Spacetown and does this seem an invasion of privacy?

4. What is it about Fastolfe's age that most Earthmen would find extraordinary and do you think you would enjoy his lifespan?

5. Why is R. Daneel so different from other robots?

6. What shocks Lije about his new partner, R. Daneel, and why do you think this bothers Lije so much?

7. Who is the murder victim and what do the Spacers think about his murder?

8. How does R. Daneel disprove Lije's theory and is Enderby's response appropriate?

9. What is Lije's rationale for believing Dr. Sarton is not dead, but that the Spacers want the Earthmen to believe Dr. Sarton is murdered by a City dweller?

10. What is disconcerting about Jesse's announcement after she comes home from a night out?

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