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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. Of what does Fastolfe dream?
2. Who is Jesse?
3. Of what is Jesse afraid?
4. Who is Dr. Fastolfe?
5. What does Daneel find at the men's personals?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lije subjected to again as he enters Spacetown?
2. Why is Lije unwilling to ask for reassignment from this case and what is Jesse's attitude about Lije's position on the force?
3. What is the unexpected result of Lije's accusations about R. Daneel?
4. Why did Dr. Sarton engage in robotic research?
5. What do you think is the significance of the fact that the family is required to eat in the community kitchen most of the week?
6. What does Jesse want and what is Lije's response? Is Jesse justified in her request?
7. How does Dr. Fastolfe explain the Spacers's paranoia about contact with Earthmen?
8. What do you think could be an advantage if a clerk who is serving you were a robot?
9. What is disconcerting about Jesse's announcement after she comes home from a night out?
10. Why do you think Bentley seems conflicted about R. Daneel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bentley, Lije's son, is against the idea of robots, which may be a reflection not only of how he has been raised in their household but also of how his friends and teachers perceive the situation. Discuss one of the following:
1. Answer the following questions: How influential do you think Bentley's peers are on his opinions? How influential are Jesse's associates in the Medievalist group on her thinking? How about how influential are Lije's colleagues on his thinking?
2. A book called Freakonomics, suggests that peers have the greatest influence on how a child turns out--even more so than parents, teachers, or other adults. Discuss your thoughts about this idea.
3. If Freakonomics is correct and peers have the most influence on the way a child turns out as an adult, how do you think that should influence a parent's interaction and supervision of his/her child? Go into detail with examples.
Essay Topic 2
One of the reasons Spacers would like to infiltrate Earth with robots is to make Earthlings desperate enough to be willing to join colonization groups. Discuss the following:
1. What is the reason Spacers want Earthlings to colonize other worlds? Is their concern legitimate?
2. Would you be resentful if your job is threatened by a robot?
3. The situation with the robots is somewhat similar to a real-life situation in the United States in that one group of people (whites) felt threatened that other groups (blacks) (Hispanics) are taking their livelihood.How was that situation resolved? Or is it fully resolved?
Essay Topic 3
We eventually learn that the Spacers set up Lije as an experiment to see if human beings could be made to live in peaceful co-existence with robots. They inject Lije with a drug that eventually makes Lije defend robots. Discuss the following:
1. Was it ethical to inject Lije without his permission?
2. If an Earthman has to be injected with a drug to make them accept robots, then how do you think the Spacers could pull off drugging all, or even a small portion of the 50 billion humans on Earth?
3. If there were a way to drug someone to gain his/her cooperation or to change their minds about something, do you think the government of the United States would use such a drug? Why or why not.
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