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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. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?
(a) Law #1.
(b) Law #4.
(c) Law #3.
(d) Law #2.

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

3. What story does Robbie plead for Gloria to tell him in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) “Bambi.”
(b) “Hansel and Gretel.”
(c) “Snow White.”
(d) “Cinderella.”

4. What temperature is Robbie’s metal skin kept at by high resistance coils in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 75 degrees.
(b) 70 degrees.
(c) 96.8 degrees.
(d) 92.8 degrees.

5. What adjective describes the robot brain in “Reason”?
(a) Nytolic.
(b) Positronic.
(c) Atmoic.
(d) Proletarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?

2. In what year did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?

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

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 title did Susan Calvin hold at U.S. Robots, according to the narrator of the Introduction?

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