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

2. What are Giskard and Daneel doing as they accompany Baley?
(a) Taking photos.
(b) Recharging their batteries.
(c) Recording all conversations.
(d) Sleeping.

3. Who is trying to get around Fastolfe's refusal to create more humaniform robots?
(a) Auroran Space Institute.
(b) Robotics Think Tank.
(c) Robotics Institute.
(d) National Science Foundation.

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

5. In finding out about Vasilia, what is shocking to Baley?
(a) Aurora disallows single parent families.
(b) Aurora has no concept of incest.
(c) Vasilia claims her father is a fraud.
(d) Vasilia attempts to seduce Baley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Daneel tell Baley will happen on Aurora?

3. Why does Baley conclude that Gladia must have felt some shame about her relationship to Jander?

4. What appears to offend Giskard?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Elijah Baley introduced in the novel?

2. What is the nature of the case Baley is called upon to solve on planet Aurora?

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

4. How is Baley treated on the Auroran spaceship?

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

6. In what way is Daneel unique?

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

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

9. Even though Jander was in someone else's possession at the time of his death, why is Fastolfe a prime suspect?

10. How do Vasilia and her sister, Lumen, differ politically from their father?

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