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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What social convention of the Aurorans takes some getting used to for Baley?

2. What amazes Baley as his investigation gets underway?

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

4. What does Daneel foresee will be a problem for Baley?

5. To where does Fastolfe say Earth humans have swept natural indigenous species?

Short Essay Questions

1. Define the line of questioning for which Baley gets no information from the robots who are guarding him.

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

3. Explain the Personal.

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

5. In what way is Daneel unique?

6. How has Baley become famous throughout the Spacer universe?

7. How, apparently, was the humaniform robot, R. Jander Panell, killed?

8. What is the connection between Gladia and the house where Jander died?

9. Describe the political conflict going on on Aurora that possibly is the reason for trying to implicate Fastolfe in Jander's murder.

10. When Baley panics while using the device to view space from his cabin, what is unusual about the way he is rescued?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the subject, The Communistic Nature of Aurora in THE ROBOTS OF DAWN. Include the following: (1) the idea that there are no "have nots" on Aurora, (2) the Auroran population control, and (3) the idea that jealousy does not exist on Aurora.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the subject, Bigotry in ROBOTS OF DAWN. Points in the essay should include (1) Baley's being annoyed by Giskard, (2) Aurorans' obsessive-compulsive germ phobia, and (3) prejudices on Earth and Solaria as well as on Aurora.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the subject, If I Lived on Aurora. Discuss the things you would like about Auroran convenience and culture. Then discuss the things that you would find disagreeable about Auroran lifestyle.

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