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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. Why does Clousarr sulk the whole way out onto Seventeenth Street?
(a) He is afraid of losing his job.
(b) He cannot convince Lije of the threat of robots.
(c) He is afraid of what his co-workers think.
(d) He does not get to eat his meal.

2. Why is Vincent Barrett a suspect in the death of R. Sammy?
(a) Because R. Sammy took Vincent's job.
(b) Because R. Sammy is a robot.
(c) Because R. Sammy has an affair with Vincent's wife.
(d) Because R. Sammy insulted Vincent in front of other cops.

3. When the men are chasing Lije and Daneel, what does Daneel soon tell Lije?
(a) That Daneel doesn't have his blaster.
(b) That only one man is still chasing them.
(c) That Lije left his blaster on the table.
(d) That Daneel may have to kill one of the men.

4. What does Lije think he needs to find in Daneel?
(a) A means of Daneel using a weapon.
(b) A way to make Daneel seem more human.
(c) A way for Daneel to vacate the three laws of robotics.
(d) A loophole in his programming.

5. Who does Enderby intend to kill in Spacertown?
(a) No one.
(b) Dr. Fastolfe.
(c) Daneel.
(d) Dr. Sarton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daneel pull out of his chest?

2. How does Enderby accidentally kill Dr. Sarton?

3. What does Daneel ask Lije after they turn over Clousarr to detention?

4. Who pushes the person into the fission chamber?

5. Who is standing next to Enderby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does THE CAVES OF STEEL reach its climax and subsequent denouement?

2. How is R. Daneel able to assure Lije of Enderby's innocence and does Daneel's explanation seem plausible?

3. Why do you think R. Daneel reveals his vulnerabilities to Lije?

4. How does Lije react to Bentley showing up at the apartment and what does this say about the relationship between Lije and Jesse?

5. How does the conversation between Lije and Clousarr show Lije's changing opinions of robots?

6. Does Lije seem to be finally thinking more clearly and to what might you attribute that?

7. What theme is demonstrated by the conversation between Lije and Norris?

8. Discuss the game Lije played in his earlier days and how it figures in to his sense of competitiveness with R. Daneel?

9. Do you think Lije and Enderby's relationship has changed and how so?

10. When Daneel and Lije return to their apartment, what horrifies does Daneel do that horrifies Lije? Would you feel the same way

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