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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 - The Evitable Conflict.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bogert tell robot number fourteen will destroy his brain and kill him instantly in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Beta rays.
(b) Gamma rays.
(c) Laser rays.
(d) Radium rays.

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

3. What does Donovan spit on causing conflict in “Reason”?
(a) The P-scope.
(b) The Flexor.
(c) The Monolith.
(d) The L-tube.

4. When Donovan and Powell first locate Speedy in “Runaround,” Donovan describes him as sounding what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

5. What medieval curiosity does the narrator say the Co-ordinator has in his private study in "The Evitable Conflict"?
(a) A torch-holder.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A chandelier.
(d) A guillotine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?

2. 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?

3. What is The Brain’s answer when given the question: “If one and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs will nine chickens lay in nine days?”

4. Dr. Calvin is almost how old in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. What is the population of the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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