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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. At what point is aggression removed from inhabitants of Aurora?
(a) During their sleep.
(b) During adolescence.
(c) During elementary education.
(d) During the embryonic stage.

2. Why does Baley say the RIA needs Daneel, the only living humaniform robot?
(a) To study how he is constructed.
(b) To keep him from taking over Aurora.
(c) To make him get information from Fastolfe.
(d) To hold him until Fastolfe agrees to make more.

3. What does Baley observe on Aurora that resemble things on Earth?
(a) Trappings proper to officialdom.
(b) Methods of communication.
(c) Escalators.
(d) The design of official protocol.

4. What does Baley think might be the reason Gladia slept with him?
(a) Loneliness for Jander.
(b) An attempt to find out what he knows.
(c) Pity for a poor Earthman.
(d) To see if he remembers Solaria.

5. What does Amadiro think about the Auroran society?
(a) It is the last hope for the Spacer worlds.
(b) It is the best of the Spacer worlds.
(c) It is emotionally more advanced than others.
(d) It is adequate to expand colonization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baley point out could potentially cause the RIA's plan to expand the Galaxy with robots to fail?

2. What gives Baley the idea that something is up involving a third person?

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

4. What is Baley warned about during his trimensic call?

5. Aside from being addressed in the Personal, what other occurrence disturbs Baley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Baley is alone with Gladia in her house.

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

3. Why is the consideration of sins of commission and omission irrelevant to robots?

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

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

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

7. How does the conversation between Baley and Gremionis end?

8. How does Baley find the character of Amadiro?

9. Explain the threat Gremionis makes when he and Baley meet at his house.

10. Explain how Baley gets in to see Kenden Amadiro, head of the RIA.

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