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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baley declare about Gremionis?
(a) He knows who killed Jarden.
(b) He has the means to destroy Jarden.
(c) He is Vasilia's lover.
(d) He is an RIA agent.

2. What is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?
(a) Colonize another world
(b) Rebuild houses after a hurricane.
(c) Organize a Spacer garden.
(d) Train robots to work outside the domes.

3. Because of his nervousness, what event does Baley barely notice on board the Auroran spaceship?
(a) The food service on the last night.
(b) The disappearance of Giskard.
(c) The stopover on Orion I.
(d) The jump into hyper-space.

4. What is a noticeable prejudice among a majority of Earth people?
(a) Working on the Outside.
(b) The use of robots.
(c) Travel to Space.
(d) Humanoid robotics.

5. Why does Gladia say she moved to Aurora?
(a) Hoping to see Baley again.
(b) Hoping to meet men like Baley.
(c) Hoping to forget her loss on Solaria.
(d) Hoping to find a better job.

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

7. What phobia do the Aurorans have that causes them to avoid people from Earth?
(a) Fear of Earth-human agression.
(b) Fear of potential war.
(c) Fear of Earth-human germs.
(d) Fear of racial contamination.

8. Whose existence may also be in danger since the dismantling of Jander?
(a) Fastolfe's.
(b) Baley's.
(c) Daneel's.
(d) Giskard's.

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

10. What is Gladia's origin?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Mars.
(c) Solaria.
(d) Earth.

11. What happens to Baley as he observes the ship's descent to Aurora?
(a) He panics.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He relaxes.
(d) He freezes.

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

13. What is it that Earth refuses to use as opposed to all other Spacer worlds?
(a) The universal language.
(b) The interstellar hyper-space traveling system.
(c) The convenient decimal division of time.
(d) The astrosimulator communications device.

14. When Baley and Fastolfe meet again, what do they discuss?
(a) Their respective families.
(b) The need for better communication.
(c) Society's obsessions and the risks of this mission.
(d) The differences between them.

15. What had brought Baley and Fastolfe together three years earlier?
(a) The murder of Daneel's brother.
(b) The murder of Aurora's president.
(c) The murder of Fastolfe's assistant.
(d) The murder of Daneel's creator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baley bluff Vascilia into answering his questions about Gremionis?

2. What was the purpose of Fastolfe's throwing the spicer at Baley?

3. What was the surprising relationship between Gladia and Jander?

4. What does Gladia admit about her brief encounter with Baley three years ago?

5. What vocation of Gladia's brings her together with Jander?

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