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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. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Having to save a human life.
(b) Having to control the telescope.
(c) Having to control six robots in an emergency.
(d) Having to read human minds.

2. Herbie reads Calvin’s thoughts and discovers that she is attracted to whom in “Liar!”?
(a) Ashe.
(b) Speedy.
(c) Powell.
(d) Donovan.

3. The robots in “Little Lost Robot” have been programmed with a modified version of the First Law, removing what provision?
(a) A robot will follow human commands.
(b) A robot will kill others.
(c) A robot will not let a human come to harm.
(d) A robot will save itself from harm.

4. What is the population of the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 7,500,000.
(b) 1,700,000,000.
(c) 500,000,000.
(d) 4,000,000.

5. In what year did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?

2. Where does the Co-ordinator say the Hydroponics plant has been laying men off in “The Evitable Conflict”?

3. What is the second of the Three Laws of Robotics?

4. What does Donovan suggest putting on Cutie’s joints in order to short-circuit him in “Reason”?

5. What model of robot is Dave from “Catch That Rabbit”?

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