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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. Whose idea is it to colonize new planets with people from Earth?
(a) Dr. Carver's.
(b) Baley's.
(c) the Federation's.
(d) Fastolfe's.

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

3. What does Baley ask Gladia to allow him to do?
(a) Take photographs of Jander's body.
(b) Move Jander's body.
(c) Examine Jander's body.
(d) Take samples from Jander's body.

4. What frustration does Baley encounter as they near Aurora?
(a) He is locked in his cabin.
(b) He is held up going through customs.
(c) He begins to feel ill.
(d) He is denied admission to the bridge.

5. Like the Personal, what irritates Baley about Fastolfe's home?
(a) The unusual lighting.
(b) The strangeness.
(c) The illusory effects.
(d) The casualness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What brings Baley out of a deep sleep?

3. What is the name given to the Globalists' plan for space colonization?

4. Where does Vasilia work?

5. Besides being ordered not to talk about Vasilia's separation from her father, what else can Giskard not discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances of Baley's former relationship to Gladia.

2. How is Fastolfe preventing the robot-only expansion of the galaxy?

3. How does Gladia shock Baley when she tells him about her life on Aurora?

4. Explain why Gladia rejects Baley's theory that Gremionis destroyed Jander out of jealousy.

5. Describe the impact on the weather as Baley goes about trying to prove Fastolfe's innocence.

6. What are Earth cities like at the time of the novel?

7. Aside from assisting Baley, why is Daneel sent on this mission to bring the detective to Aurora?

8. How does Daneel explain that another robot could be substituted for Giskard without anyone knowing?

9. In what way did Fastolfe go against tradition to raise his daughter, Vasilia?

10. Identify the difference between Outside on Aurora and Outside on Earth.

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