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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Runaround.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Susan Calvin earn her Ph.D., according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

2. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?
(a) SPP-11.
(b) SPD-13.
(c) SPD-2.
(d) DV-5.

3. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?
(a) Plexar Glass.
(b) Consolidated Robots.
(c) Solar Minerals.
(d) NBC Television.

4. According to Donovan in “Runaround,” he sent Speedy to the nearest mining pool which was how many miles away from Donovan and Powell’s location in “Runaround”?
(a) 2.
(b) 17.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?

3. How long have Powell and Donovan been on Mercury in the beginning of “Runaround”?

4. What encyclopedia does the narrator mention in the novel’s Introduction?

5. What is the character of Donovan’s first name?

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