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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Escape!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Susan Calvin earn her Ph.D., according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

2. Gerald Black informs Dr. Calvin and others that the locks where in the trading ship have been tampered with in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Compartment 14.
(b) Compartment 10.
(c) Compartment C.
(d) Compartment D.

3. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is a solution to their problem, plus the costs of construction?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

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

5. How long does The Brain say it will take to build a ship in “Escape!”?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had passed between the First Mercury Expedition and the arrival of Donovan and Powell in “Runaround”?

2. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is no solution to their problem but U.S. Robot can tell them the missing factors?

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

4. How old does the narrator of the Introduction claim to be?

5. According to Donovan in “Catch That Rabbit,” if the robots don’t pass the tests on the asteroid, U.S. Robots will lose how many credits in cash?

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