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

2. What is the character of Donovan’s first name?
(a) Irwin.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Michael.
(d) Abe.

3. Who had first taken out incorporation papers for U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc., according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Major-General Kallner.
(b) Lawrence Robertson.
(c) Stephen Byerley.
(d) Francis Quinn.

4. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?
(a) Water.
(b) Gold nuggets.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Crystals.

5. The narrator of the Introduction states that he had spent how many days at U.S. Robots?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?

2. What is the name of the dog that Gloria’s parents give her when Robbie is sent away in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

3. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?

4. What is the name of Gloria’s mother in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

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

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