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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. In “Evidence,” Calvin and Lanning tell Quinn they have no proof about Byerley's identity and that the only way to prove he's a robot is to either dissect him or what?
(a) X-ray him.
(b) Behead him.
(c) Conduct DNA testing.
(d) Photograph him.

2. The narrator states in “Escape!” that over the matter of hours the equivalent of how many “fat volumes of mathematical physics were fed into The Brain”?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Alcoholic.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Homicidal.

4. Dr. Calvin is almost how old in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 70.

5. Who is the head of mechanics and manufacturing at U.S. Robots in “Liar!”?
(a) Bogert.
(b) Ashe.
(c) Lanning.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stephen Byerley went on to become the first what in his political career, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?

2. What medieval curiosity does the narrator say the Co-ordinator has in his private study in "The Evitable Conflict"?

3. Of hearing of the modifications made to the robots in “Little Lost Robot,” Dr. Calvin suggests what?

4. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the second type of books?

5. Bogert asks Herbie whether he's picked up anything in Lanning's thoughts about plans to do what in “Liar!”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Francis Quinn present to Dr. Lanning in the beginning of “Evidence”?

2. What is related of the Northern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

3. What do Dr. Calvin and Dr. Lanning relate to Francis Quinn after their interview with Stephen Byerley in “Evidence”?

4. Whom does Stephen Byerley care for secretly in “Evidence”? How does this character respond to the information about the interview?

5. What is the conclusion of I, Robot as seen in “The Evitable Conflict”?

6. Who issues the orders for the process of investigation in “Liar!”?

7. Where are Dr. Calvin and Dr. Bogert in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”? Who greets them?

8. What types of books does Dr. Calvin bring to Herbie in “Liar!” Which does he prefer?

9. What has been related to Byerley regarding the problems in the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

10. What is decided as the course of action among the executives in the beginning of “Escape!”?

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