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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. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?
(a) NBC Television.
(b) Consolidated Robots.
(c) Plexar Glass.
(d) Solar Minerals.

2. At the point of the novel’s Introduction, Susan Calvin is how old?
(a) 62.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 89.

3. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2012.

4. What is the missing robot referred to as in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Cutie.
(b) Speedy.
(c) Herby.
(d) Nestor 10.

5. Powell and Donovan found that out after they had been on the Station (in “Runaround”) for less than how long from in “Reason”?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ashe reveals to Calvin that he is preparing to do what in “Liar!”?

3. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?

4. According to Calvin in “Liar!,” the kind of harm referred to in the First Law is expanding to include the concept of what in Herbie?

5. The Interviewer claims that after Susan Calvin the story of “Liar!,” it was how many days until he could get to see her again?

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