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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. How did a spacer die three days ago?
2. Who is R. Daneel Olivaw?
3. What does Dr. Fastolfe say about Daneel's entire make up?
4. What shocks Lije?
5. What does Jesse ask Lije that night?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has the word "city" changed in the time of this novel?
2. What possible theme is already apparent in this first chapter?
3. Often foreshadowing is not apparent until later, but there are usually reasons an author mentions something trivial because it foreshadows something later: What is one thing that may be foreshadowing?
4. Why did Dr. Sarton engage in robotic research?
5. Why does Lije request Enderby to be a witness to a conversation Lije is about to have with Dr. Fastolfe and R. Daneel?
6. Why do you think Bentley seems conflicted about R. Daneel?
7. What is Lije subjected to again as he enters Spacetown?
8. How does R. Daneel disprove Lije's theory and is Enderby's response appropriate?
9. What is established at the opening of the novel?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dr. Fastolfe is currently one hundred and sixty three years old, and on Fastolfe's home planet, Aurora, the average life expectancy for a male is three hundred and fifty years. Discuss the following:
1. What would it be like to have a life expectancy of 350 years?
2. Could Earth sustain life if people lived that long?
3. Do you think if the life expectancy were that long, the birth rate would plummet?
4. How long would adolescence last if one lived to be 350 years old?
Essay Topic 2
Lije believes that Dr. Sarton made a robot copy of himself, blasted it, and arranged for the Spacers to send a robot into the City, threaten a mob of people and begin the rumor that a robot is on the loose. As things worsen for Spacetown, the more space ships will come down and infiltrate the Cities. Discuss the following:
1. Why do Spacers want to infiltrate the City?
2. Are Spacers only concerned for their own lives?
3. Do you think Spacers live more in tune with the natural world and thus they are wiser as to what the Earth needs?
Essay Topic 3
In "Introduction to a Family," we learn a little about Lije and Jesse's relationship and how they function as a family with their son, Bentley. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Lije's family with your own.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the relationship between Lije and Jesse. Are their given names (Elijah and Jezebel) perhaps symbolic of their relationship in some way?
3. Do you think the family structure observed in THE CAVES OF STEEL is as strong as that in the general American population?
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