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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Having to control the telescope.
(b) Having to read human minds.
(c) Having to save a human life.
(d) Having to control six robots in an emergency.

2. What year is it in the beginning of “Liar!”?
(a) 2021.
(b) 2116.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

3. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(b) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(c) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(d) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.

5. How old is Gloria in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gloria is playing what game with Robbie in the beginning of Chapter One, "Robbie”?

2. Bogert is the head of what department at U.S. Robots in the novel?

3. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?

5. What is the name of the elderly head of U.S. Robots in the novel?

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