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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. How does Amadiro describe the founders of Aurora?
(a) Religious purists who escaped planet Earth.
(b) Rugged pioneers who lived for adventure.
(c) True utopians who were banished from Earth.
(d) True individualists who escaped overcrowded Earth.

2. What does Vasilia think of Earth sentiments?
(a) She knows nothing about them.
(b) She wants to study them.
(c) She covets them.
(d) She scorns them.

3. What is the only good thing Gladia mentions about Solaria, her home planet?
(a) Walks in nature.
(b) Job opportunities.
(c) Lots of space.
(d) Great theater.

4. What fact causes Baley to doubt his ability to do detective work on Aurora?
(a) He understands so little of the culture.
(b) He is limited by time.
(c) He has no legal authority there.
(d) He does not understand their language.

5. Why does Vasilia really want to use the Psychic Probe on Baley?
(a) It has to do with humaniform robotics.
(b) It has to do with the political rift on Aurora.
(c) She wants to destroy his mind.
(d) She wants to plant suggestions in his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Daneel and Giskard worried about Baley using the public Personal?

2. In discussing Gladia and her marriage to Jander, how does Amadiro show that he knows about the relationship?

3. From Gremionis's house, who does Baley call?

4. Under what condition does Fastolfe agree to join the RIA?

5. What is the main agenda at the meeting with the Chairman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baley find the character of Amadiro?

2. How does Vasilia feel about classifying Jander's destruction as murder.

3. What confirms Baley's idea that Daneel is the one in danger?

4. Why does Baley think his limited understanding of Auroran manners hinders him in his work?

5. Explain how Baley's meeting Gremionis in the Personal breaks an Earth taboo.

6. Why does Giskard interrupt while Baley is asking Daneel about the role of the Chairman in Auroran government?

7. What is the meeting with the Chairman supposed to be about?

8. How does Amadiro stall for time with Baley until the storm hits?

9. What does Fastolfe think about his daughter's assessment of himself?

10. What is Amadiro's goal for creating humaniform robots in the RIA?

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