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

2. Who does the Major-General say he is responsible to in an argument with Dr. Calvin in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Dr. Lanning.
(b) His men.
(c) The U.S. President.
(d) The World Co-ordinator.

3. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?
(a) Calcium.
(b) Silver.
(c) Magnesium.
(d) Selenium.

4. Cutie refers to what as “the Master” in “Reason”?
(a) The Space Ship.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Energy Converter.
(d) The Television.

5. What encyclopedia does the narrator mention in the novel’s Introduction?
(a) The Encyclopedia Tellurica.
(b) The Encyclopedia Britannica.
(c) The Encyclopedia of Mercury.
(d) The World Book Encyclopedia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?

2. What does Bogert tell robot number fourteen will destroy his brain and kill him instantly in “Little Lost Robot”?

3. The narrator states in “Runaround” that it is one of Gregory Powell’s favorite platitudes that nothing is to be gained from what?

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

5. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was sold to be used as what?

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