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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. What term refers to a deductive inference consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorical propositions.?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Irony.
(c) Syllogism.
(d) Cataclysm.

2. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?
(a) Mediocrity.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Irony.
(d) Alacrity.

3. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(b) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(c) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(d) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

4. Who is the young head of the physics department of the Hyperatomic Drive Project in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Pollack.
(b) Gerald Black.
(c) Stephen Byerley.
(d) Francis Quinn.

5. What year is it in the beginning of “Liar!”?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2116.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2021.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of hearing of the modifications made to the robots in “Little Lost Robot,” Dr. Calvin suggests what?

3. What expletive does Donovan remark upon hearing of Cutie’s skepticism in “Reason”?

4. At the “Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction, who demonstrated the first mobile robot to be equipped with a voice?

5. In the beginning of “Runaround,” Donovan informs Powell that Speedy has been gone for how many hours?

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