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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Venus.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Uranus.

2. How old does the narrator of the Introduction claim to be?
(a) 42.
(b) 19.
(c) 39.
(d) 32.

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

4. In what year was Susan Calvin born?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1919.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1982.

5. 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 strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(c) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(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. What encyclopedia does the narrator mention in the novel’s Introduction?

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

3. How old is Gloria in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. At the “Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction, who demonstrated the first mobile robot to be equipped with a voice?

5. 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”?

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