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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. Where are Dr. Calvin and the Co-ordinator in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Chicago.

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

3. How old was Susan Calvin when she was part of the “particular Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. What story does Robbie plead for Gloria to tell him in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) “Bambi.”
(b) “Hansel and Gretel.”
(c) “Snow White.”
(d) “Cinderella.”

5. Powell and Donovan liken the experience of crossing the interstellar jump to what in “Escape!”?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Having a nightmare.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Being drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Powell and Donovan found that out after they had been on the Station (in “Runaround”) for less than how long from in “Reason”?

3. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. Dr. Calvin says in the end of “Evidence” that when Stephen Byerley decided to die, he had himself what?

5. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?

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