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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the company U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. in the Introduction?
(a) 75.
(b) 62.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

2. What city do Gloria’s parents take her to visit in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) New York City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Miami.

3. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Having to read human minds.
(b) Having to save a human life.
(c) Having to control the telescope.
(d) Having to control six robots in an emergency.

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

5. How much time passes between “Runaround” and “Reason”?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” what is the unwritten motto of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?

4. What term refers to a deductive inference consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorical propositions.?

5. In what year was the Second Mercury Expedition sent out, according to Susan Calvin?

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