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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Donovan do when the ship returns to Earth in “Escape!”?
(a) Kisses the ground.
(b) Prays to God.
(c) Calls his wife.
(d) Calls his mother.

2. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. According to Calvin in “Liar!,” the kind of harm referred to in the First Law is expanding to include the concept of what in Herbie?
(a) Existential dilemma.
(b) Hypothetical pain.
(c) Emotional pain.
(d) Physical pain.

4. When Donovan and Powell first locate Speedy in “Runaround,” Donovan describes him as sounding what?
(a) Angry.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

5. What company has approached U.S. Robot with a proposition in “Escape!”?
(a) Jameson Robots.
(b) Mercury Robots International.
(c) Consolidated Robots.
(d) U.S. International Robots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?

3. Herbie has developed the ability to do what in “Liar!”?

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. At the point of the novel’s Introduction, Susan Calvin is how old?

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