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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is the narrator of the Introduction writing a feature article?
(a) Interplanetary Press.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Intergalactic Times.

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

3. What title did Susan Calvin hold at U.S. Robots, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) “President of Mathematics.”
(b) “Director of Marketing.”
(c) “Robopsychologist.”
(d) “Roboanthropologist.”

4. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?
(a) Law #4.
(b) Law #2.
(c) Law #3.
(d) Law #1.

5. In what year was the Second Mercury Expedition sent out, according to Susan Calvin?
(a) 2012.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2015.
(d) 1998.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was made and sold in what year?

3. What is the second of the Three Laws of Robotics?

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

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