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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Giskard (Parts 9-13).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Auroran robots able to handle better than Earth robots?
(a) Complex situations.
(b) Personal service to humans.
(c) The Three Laws of Robotics.
(d) Piloting spacecraft.

2. What is necessary for conversation to conform to the humaniform mindset?
(a) Speaking slowly.
(b) A logical line of questioning.
(c) Speaking in algorithms.
(d) Allowing for long pauses to process information.

3. What must Baley prove about Fastolfe according to Demacheck?
(a) That he is the one who murdered the humaniform robot.
(b) That he secretly hates all humaniform robots.
(c) That he is innocent of murdering a humaniform robot.
(d) That he masterminds the murder of humaniform robots.

4. Why does Baley think he might be caught in a hoax?
(a) Because Daneel seems strange.
(b) Because Giskard is just an appliance.
(c) Because Aurora looks so much like Earth.
(d) Because he has been locked away.

5. How does Demacheck feel about Baley's investigation?
(a) She thinks a woman would be better than a man.
(b) She doubts if Baley can succeed.
(c) She thinks he will solve the mystery quickly.
(d) She knows that Baley will fail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?

2. Where was the site of Baley's last mission away from earth?

3. What is the the astrosimulator?

4. Because of his nervousness, what event does Baley barely notice on board the Auroran spaceship?

5. What haunts Baley throughout the entire novel?

(see the answer key)

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