View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Catch the Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” what is the unwritten motto of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) “No employee makes the same mistake twice.”
(b) “No employee speaks to the robots.”
(c) “No employee leaves base alone.”
(d) “No employee is a robot.”

3. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?
(a) Technosuits.
(b) Insosuits.
(c) Inulasuits.
(d) Mercosuits.

4. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?
(a) Alacrity.
(b) Mediocrity.
(c) Stubbornness.
(d) Irony.

5. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model of robot is Dave from “Catch That Rabbit”?

2. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?

3. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?

4. How old was Susan Calvin when she was part of the “particular Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction?

5. What is the name of the general manager that takes Gloria’s family on a tour of a robot manufacturing company in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 213 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample