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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Cleon I, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 16, Raych sits in a cell listening to whose rote lecture about civil order?
(a) Emperor Agis XIV's.
(b) Guardsman Sander Nee's.
(c) Col. Hender Linn's.
(d) Cpl. Quinber's.

2. What is the second of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must obey human orders unless such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(b) Laws which humans make are too difficult to obey.
(c) A robot must protect its own existence, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.
(d) A robot may not injure a human or allow one to come to harm.A robot may not injure a human or allow one to come to harm.

3. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4, Hari rejects the idea that remnant Joranumites might plot to kill whom?
(a) Emperor Cleon I.
(b) Kaspal Kaspalov.
(c) Dors Venábili.
(d) Gleb Andorin.

4. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) Laws which humans make are too difficult to obey.
(b) A robot must protect its own existence, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.
(c) A robot may not injure a human or allow one to come to harm.
(d) A robot must obey human orders unless such orders would conflict with the First Law.

5. What is the Zeroth Law of Robotics?
(a) A robot must protect its own existence, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.
(b) A robot may not harm humanity at large, or allow it to come to harm.
(c) A robot must obey human orders unless such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(d) Laws which humans make are too difficult to obey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 9, Cleon informs Gruber of his elevation to what title?

2. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 5, as soon as Hari arranges a meeting with Eto, who requests one first?

3. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 8, Hari reveals that automatic damage control has failed in how many recent minor earthquakes?

4. What refers to the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons?

5. What consists of 25 million inhabited worlds, all colonized so long ago that no one remembers a time when all humans inhabit a single tiny planet?

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