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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 assurance does Baley get while coming back to reality?

2. What does Baley observe on Aurora that resemble things on Earth?

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

4. What is Amadiro gleefully planning to do?

5. What does Baley think might be the reason Gladia slept with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baley find the character of Amadiro?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What would be the outcome if Fastolfe ordered Daneel not to consider him guilty of Jander's destruction?

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, Why Mystery in THE ROBOTS OF DAWN brings Realism to Science Fiction. Points should include (1) the mystery genre as a believable occurrence, (2) how a realistic plot adds credibility to the science fiction, and (3) how the element of mystery moves the story along.

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, 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.

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