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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 is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?

2. What role do Daneel and Giskard play in relationship to Baley?

3. What irksome observation of Vasilia bothers Baley at their meeting?

4. What does Baley fail to get when questioning robots about Jander?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dr. Susan Calvin's theory about the effect of telling a telepathic robot to lie.

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

3. Explain why Fastolfe hurls a large spicer at Baley.

4. Explain the Personal.

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

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

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

8. How does what appears to be an important piece of information escape Baley before he falls into a troubled sleep at Fastolfe's house?

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

10. Define what Baley thinks will be difficult for him back on Earth.

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, Surprise Endings in Novels and Films. Starting with the surprise ending that it was Giskard all along who disabled Jander, reference at least two other books or films you have read or seen that had surprise endings. Evaluate that convention in terms of literary importance.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the subject, Children Raised by the State. On Aurora, children are taken at birth and raised in a government run institution. This is similar to socialistic experiments that have been tried on Earth. Give your opinion as to how children most likely would turn out without the benefit of family.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the subject, How Robotics Make Humans Irrelevant. Points of the essay might include (1) how readily available robotics tend to isolate humans from each other, (2) how sending robots to colonize destroys the sense of adventure in humans, and (3) to what extent robots are necessary in the first place.

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