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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. What does Lije explain to the women?
(a) That robots are taking over the world and they may as well accept the fact.
(b) That robots are there because no one else wants the job.
(c) That robots are only doing their job.
(d) That robots are dangerous to anger.

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

3. With what is Lije content?
(a) His position.
(b) His family life.
(c) His wife.
(d) Nothing.

4. What would be an immense challenge?
(a) Obtaining legal compensation against the manufacturer.
(b) Proving the suicide was just that.
(c) A robot partner.
(d) A fair investigation.

5. What does Lije state to Enderby and the others?
(a) That Daneel killed Dr. Sarton.
(b) That Dr. Fastolfe should not be on the case.
(c) That he thinks Dr. Sarton is alive.
(d) That Dr. Fastolfe is the culprit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daneel suddenly do?

2. In what did Lije participate?

3. What must Lije do to enter Spacetown?

4. What does Lije ask Fastolfe?

5. What does Lije think is odd about Daneel being "programmed" for justice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does it seem that Lije reacts to the idea of having a robot for a partner?

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

4. How did Lije meet Jesse, his wife, and what about their names may foreshadow something further in the story?

5. Do you think Lije's personal feelings about robots and his experience with R. Daneel in the shoe store will interfere with his job as a police officer to investigate the Spacer death with R. Daneel?

6. What is established at the opening of the novel?

7. What is the unexpected result of Lije's accusations about R. Daneel?

8. What does Lije state about the murder of Dr. Sarton and how is his analysis received by Dr. Fastolfe and Enderby?

9. How do you think Lije feels about bringing home a robot who is his professional partner?

10. What do you think could be an advantage if a clerk who is serving you were a robot?

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