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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Donovan in “Runaround,” he sent Speedy to the nearest mining pool which was how many miles away from Donovan and Powell’s location in “Runaround”?
(a) 2.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

2. How old was Susan Calvin when she was part of the “particular Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) 20.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. What is the name of Gloria’s father in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) Dave.
(b) George.
(c) Michael.
(d) Bill.

4. What story does Robbie plead for Gloria to tell him in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) “Cinderella.”
(b) “Snow White.”
(c) “Bambi.”
(d) “Hansel and Gretel.”

5. In what year did Susan Calvin earn her Ph.D., according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from the Introduction refers to excessive growth or accumulation of any kind?

3. How much time passes between “Runaround” and “Reason”?

4. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?

5. Powell tells Cutie that he will be back on Earth in about how much time in “Reason”?

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