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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Homicidal.
(d) Alcoholic.

2. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?
(a) Singing.
(b) Marching in unison.
(c) Climbing the mountain.
(d) Kneeling and praying.

3. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?
(a) 20 yards.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 5 acres.

4. Susan Calvin says in “Little Lost Robot” that her first connection with interstellar research was in what year?
(a) 2029.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2155.
(d) 2011.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Susan Calvin hold at U.S. Robots, according to the narrator of the Introduction?

2. What is the character of Powell’s first name?

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

4. What is the name of a group of non-religious, anti-robot activists in “Evidence”?

5. What does Bogert tell robot number fourteen will destroy his brain and kill him instantly in “Little Lost Robot”?

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