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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 weapon is found in the house where the human is murdered?
(a) A sword.
(b) A flechette.
(c) A mace.
(d) None.

2. What does Gladia say about when she "sees" her husband?
(a) They see each other twice a year on national holidays.
(b) They always see each other.
(c) They never see each other.
(d) They do so when scheduled.

3. What does Baley hate to see?
(a) The food on the ship.
(b) A robot doing a human's job.
(c) The sparse accomdations on the ship.
(d) That is partner is a woman.

4. Who is the man who meets Baley at Solaria?
(a) Professor Higgenbothan.
(b) Agent Jones.
(c) R. Daneel Olivaw.
(d) Detective Bothwell.

5. What surprises Baley about Gladia as he is talking with her?
(a) That she is wearing a crown.
(b) That she is in her early teens.
(c) That she is naked.
(d) That she is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Earth in trouble?

2. What does Olivaw tell Bailey?

3. What does Baley realize about the Solaria's inhabitant's attitude towards Olivaw?

4. What is Baley unable to do before he leaves Earth?

5. What encases the people on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladia say about the murder of her husband?

2. How is the Earth encased, and how does that make Elijah feel?

3. What shocks Baley about his first communication with Gladia, and how does she explain the situation? What is Elijah's response?

4. What is Elijah's attitude towards robots and what is the exception?

5. Why do the authorities believe Gladia did not kill her husband and what does Gladia say when Elijah asks her if she did it?

6. Where is Elijah Baley at the opening of the novel and about what is he thinking?

7. Describe Elijah Baley.

8. What does Gruer tell Elijah about the murder case?

9. What does Elijah want from the robot that witnesses Dr. Delmarr's death and where is the robot?

10. What happens to Gruer while Elijah is communicating with him and what does Elijah do?

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