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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do most Aurorans want to send humaniform robots to colonize other planets?
(a) They understand the longevity of robots.
(b) They are too sure of disaster.
(c) They are too complacent to explore.
(d) They know robots can easily be replaced.

2. What thought panics Baley as he thinks about Giskard?
(a) That he might have killed Jander.
(b) That another robot could be exchanged for him.
(c) That he might misdirect him into danger.
(d) That he is not recording all the conversations.

3. What is it that Baley cannot get Daneel to do?
(a) To go against Fastolfe.
(b) To reveal who killed Jander.
(c) To declare some human a liar.
(d) To explain how he knows when someone is lying.

4. What does Baley suspect Fastolfe may have ordered Daneel to do?
(a) To deny Jander was given to Gladia.
(b) To report everything Baley says.
(c) To lie about lying.
(d) To ignore questions about Jander.

5. What line of Baley's questioning does Gladia resent?
(a) About the details of her intimacy with Jander.
(b) About any other women Jander may have serviced.
(c) About men who have offered themselves to her.
(d) About her feelings for Fastolfe.

6. Who is the only surviving humaniform robot?
(a) Giskard.
(b) Jander.
(c) Fastolfe.
(d) Daneel.

7. What does Baley fail to get when questioning robots about Jander?
(a) Any response at all.
(b) Any hint of jealousy.
(c) Any fear about talking.
(d) Any useful information.

8. Where does Baley often find himself in order to fulfill his mission?
(a) Outside.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Closets.
(d) Fastolfe's lab.

9. What/who is the murder victim in the mystery Baley is called to solve?
(a) A humaniform robot.
(b) A well-known entertainer.
(c) A scientist who builds robots.
(d) A member of the Auroran legislature.

10. Why do some people suspect Fastolfe of killing Jander?
(a) To further his colonization ideas.
(b) To get rid of all humaniform robots.
(c) To use his parts to create a better robot.
(d) To draw attention to the value of his work.

11. What does Fastolfe deny to Baley?
(a) That he knows who killed Jander.
(b) That he is the one who sent for Baley.
(c) That he intends to ruin his career.
(d) That he was on the planet when Jander died.

12. What vocation of Gladia's brings her together with Jander?
(a) She designs robotic clothing.
(b) She designs robotic software.
(c) She administers his routine physical checkup.
(d) She teaches Solarian language.

13. Where does Vasilia work?
(a) Humaniform Development Agency.
(b) Globalist Conference headquarters.
(c) Auroran Space Agency.
(d) Robotics Institute of Aurora (RIA).

14. Besides being ordered not to talk about Vasilia's separation from her father, what else can Giskard not discuss?
(a) What he knows about the Globalists.
(b) The way Vasilia eavesdrops on Fastole.
(c) The other men in Vasilia's life.
(d) The minor changes Vasilia made on him.

15. How does Vasilia agree to speak with Baley?
(a) By astral telepathy.
(b) For five minutes via trimensic channel.
(c) With assurance he will not ask about her father.
(d) With Giskard in the room with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fastolfe is evasive about what as Baley questions him?

2. What bluff does Baley attempt to pull on Fastolfe?

3. What is Fastolfe's explanation for Jander's demise?

4. How does the Spaceport appear to Bentley as he sees his father off?

5. What makes Earth humans likely candidates for future colonization according to Fastolfe?

(see the answer keys)

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