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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. What does Jesse ask Lije that night?

2. Who fears human disease and is unable to deal with the huge crowds in Cities?

3. Where is the family usually required to eat?

4. Who does Daneel think may be responsible?

5. What does Lije say to Enderby about R. Daneel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is Lije subjected to again as he enters Spacetown?

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

5. What does Lije observe about R. Daneel and what might be the implication of this observation?

6. What is the problem that Lije and R. Daneel encounter at the shoe store, and do you think the women are justified?

7. Why does Lije request Enderby to be a witness to a conversation Lije is about to have with Dr. Fastolfe and R. Daneel?

8. What is it about R. Daneel that makes it difficult for Lije to believe Daneel is not human?

9. Why do the Spacers want Earthmen to accept robots among them?

10. 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?

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

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast R. Daneel Olvaw with Lije.

2. Compare/contrast Lije with Enderby.

3. Compare/contrast Dr. Sarton with Dr. Fastolfe.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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