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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Escape!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of “Runaround,” Donovan informs Powell that Speedy has been gone for how many hours?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

2. The personality instilled in The Brain is described as being like what?
(a) A dog.
(b) A man.
(c) A child.
(d) A woman.

3. How long does The Brain say it will take to build a ship in “Escape!”?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

4. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is a solution to their problem, plus the costs of construction?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $500,000.

5. What is The Brain’s answer when given the question: “If one and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs will nine chickens lay in nine days?”
(a) 12.
(b) 54.
(c) 14.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?

2. What term refers to a deductive inference consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorical propositions.?

3. The food supplies on the ship made by The Brain consist solely of what, in “Escape!”?

4. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?

5. The only visible control or monitor built by The Brain is one that displays distance traveled in what, in “Escape!”?

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