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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. Who causes Herbie to self-destruct in “Liar!”?
(a) Bogert.
(b) Powell.
(c) Speedy.
(d) Calvin.

2. The robots in “Little Lost Robot” have been programmed with a modified version of the First Law, removing what provision?
(a) A robot will follow human commands.
(b) A robot will kill others.
(c) A robot will save itself from harm.
(d) A robot will not let a human come to harm.

3. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?
(a) PD.
(b) QT.
(c) N-1.
(d) MC.

4. Dave and the subordinate robots communicate by what method in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Positronic fields.
(b) Atomic fields.
(c) Nucleic fields.
(d) Quantum fields.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Donovan tells Powell that it’s time he got what out of his pants and went to work in “Catch That Rabbit”?

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

3. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the second type of books?

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

5. How long has Donovan been on paid vacation in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?

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