View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fabry buy Helena?

2. What does Busman say you can buy for half a million?

3. What is Hallemeier listening to?

4. What will the robots be unable to do without the piece of paper?

5. Why could Gall not refuse Helena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fabry and Hallemier's plan?

2. What are the letters Domin dictates to Sulla about?

3. How does Domin shock Helena when he calls back Marius and Sulla?

4. How does Domin react to Miss Glory lifting her veil?

5. What does Domin tell Helena about the international robot organization?

6. Why does Alquist call Helena and Primus Adam and Eve?

7. Why are Domn and the managers encouraged by the sight of the mail boat?

8. What do Helena and Primus say about the sunrise and Alquist's anatomy book?

9. What does Fabry bring back from the mail boat?

10. What are the first Rossum robots like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way is his life and personality is reflected in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about early-20th century society:

1) Greed.

2) Humanitarian work.

3) Mistrust of other cultures.

Essay Topic 3

R.U.R influenced modern literature and in science fiction. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the play and discuss their similarities in terms of the following:

Plot

Character

Themes

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 644 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample