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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. How long has it been since Gladia's husband has "seen" anyone besides herself?
(a) About three years ago.
(b) Two weeks earlier.
(c) Since he was a boy.
(d) Never.

2. What does Baley ask Gladia about Gruer?
(a) Why Gruer has not made Gladia move since the murder.
(b) Who Gruer thinks murdered Gladia's husband.
(c) Who Gruer thinks murdered Gladia's nephew.
(d) If Gruer has "seen" Gladia since the murder.

3. What does Gladia do when she finds her husband?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Faints.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Screams at him.

4. Where is Solaria?
(a) A place off world from Earth.
(b) In the Andromeda Galaxy.
(c) Near the outer limits of the Milky Way.
(d) A sanitarium on Earth.

5. How does Baley feel about going?
(a) He does not want to go.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the robot that Baley wants to examine is damaged?

2. Who do the people on Solaria visit with each other?

3. What does the robot record?

4. To what does Baley say he must become accustomed?

5. What encases the people on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daneel believe Gladia is naked while first "viewing" with Elijah?

2. Discuss the laws of robotics.

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

4. Describe Elijah Baley.

5. What does Gladia ask Elijah about his and Daneel's proximity and what is Elijah's response?

6. Describe Gladia Delmarre.

7. How are the farming and mining areas set apart from other Earth space?

8. What does Daneel tell Elijah about Solaria, and what is Elijah's response?

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

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

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