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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Donovan in “Catch That Rabbit,” if the robots don’t pass the tests on the asteroid, U.S. Robots will lose how many credits in cash?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 2 billion.
(d) 100,000.

2. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the second type of books?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Mystery novels.
(c) Shakespearean plays.
(d) Postmodern dramas.

3. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” Powell had once jumped out of the window of a burning house dressed only in shorts and carrying what book?
(a) “Handbook of Robotics.”
(b) “Jane Eyre.”
(c) “The New York Magazine.”
(d) “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe.”

4. How many robots work under Dave in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Powell tells Cutie that he will be back on Earth in about how much time in “Reason”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?

3. When did the First Mercury Expedition take place, according to the narrative?

4. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?

5. What temperature is Robbie’s metal skin kept at by high resistance coils in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

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