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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Globalist objection to galactic expansion by Earth people?
(a) They are behind the times.
(b) They are inferior intellectually.
(c) They are agressive and warlike.
(d) They are wasteful and inefficient.

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

4. What haunts Baley throughout the entire novel?
(a) His near death experience on Solaria.
(b) Fear for his son's safety.
(c) A dramatization of his mission to Solaria.
(d) An unauthorized biography.

5. What does Baley need before visiting Aurora?
(a) A space ship.
(b) Maps.
(c) Permission.
(d) Directions.

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

7. What is Baley attempting to determine in his investigation?
(a) Cause and effect.
(b) Means, opportunity, and motive.
(c) What, when, and where.
(d) Ways, timing, and concentration.

8. What social convention of the Aurorans takes some getting used to for Baley?
(a) The complex dining ceremonies.
(b) The behavior toward humaniform robots.
(c) The use of leisure time.
(d) The social caste system.

9. What does Giskard have that assures Daneel he has not been substituted?
(a) A voice print.
(b) A failsafe destruct mechanism.
(c) Daneel is always with him.
(d) An infrared identification plate.

10. From where are the origins of all life on Aurora?
(a) Evolution on Aurora.
(b) Colonization from Mars.
(c) The parallel universe.
(d) The despised planet Earth.

11. What is the name given to the Globalists' plan for space colonization?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Method.
(c) Awakening.
(d) Genesis.

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

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

14. How is Baley transported to Aurora?
(a) In a time/space travel machine.
(b) In a robot spaceship.
(c) In a comfortable Auroran spaceship.
(d) On a commercial freight ship.

15. Although there is no perceived threat, what does Daneel think best?
(a) That Baley should wear armor.
(b) That Baley should stay close to Gladia.
(c) That Baley should quit and go back home.
(d) That he and Giskard continue to guard Baley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unnerves Baley about examining Jander's body?

2. What amenity is used to test Baley's ability to function on Aurora?

3. What is Giskard's special name for Vasilia?

4. What brings Baley out of a deep sleep?

5. How does Fastolfe suggest Baley recall the idea that got away from him before he fell asleep?

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