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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Little Lost Robot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Susan Calvin born?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1999.

2. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the first type of books?
(a) Shakespearean plays.
(b) Mystery novels.
(c) Mathematical textbooks.
(d) Postmodern dramas.

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

4. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?
(a) Water.
(b) Gold nuggets.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Crystals.

5. What year is it in the Introduction to the novel?
(a) 2089.
(b) 1919.
(c) 2057.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Susan Calvin earn her Ph.D., according to the narrator of the Introduction?

2. Who is the head of mechanics and manufacturing at U.S. Robots in “Liar!”?

3. Where is the officer’s room described as being located in “Reason”?

4. What is Bogert’s first name in the novel?

5. At the point of the novel’s Introduction, Susan Calvin is how old?

(see the answer key)

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