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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - Evidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is initially offered as evidence to Dr. Lanning that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?
(a) He’s got gray hair.
(b) He drinks lighter fluid.
(c) He’s never been seen eating or drinking.
(d) He never ages.

3. Who is the son of the founder of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) Lanning.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Robertson.
(d) Donovan.

4. Dr. Calvin says in the end of “Evidence” that when Stephen Byerley decided to die, he had himself what?
(a) Atomized.
(b) Buried at sea.
(c) Cremated.
(d) Sent to the moon.

5. According to Powell in “Catch That Rabbit,” if Powell and Donovan had what tester, they could check each individual item in Dave’s body within twenty-four to forty-eight hours?
(a) The McCormack-Wesley tester.
(b) The McGuire-Jameson tester.
(c) The Anderson-Williams tester.
(d) The Smith-Bodyman tester.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator of the Introduction states that he had spent how many days at U.S. Robots?

3. The narrator states in “Runaround” that it is one of Gregory Powell’s favorite platitudes that nothing is to be gained from what?

4. Stephen Byerley went on to become the first what in his political career, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?

5. Cutie refers to humans such as Powell and Donovan as being what, in “Reason”?

(see the answer key)

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