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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Donovan tells Powell that it’s time he got what out of his pants and went to work in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) The stick.
(b) His phone.
(c) His gun.
(d) The red tape.

2. 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 control six robots in an emergency.
(b) Having to save a human life.
(c) Having to control the telescope.
(d) Having to read human minds.

3. Gloria is playing what game with Robbie in the beginning of Chapter One, "Robbie”?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Chutes and Ladders.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Chess.

4. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(b) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(c) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(d) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

5. What city do Gloria’s parents take her to visit in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

6. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?
(a) N-1.
(b) QT.
(c) MC.
(d) PD.

7. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?
(a) Law #3.
(b) Law #2.
(c) Law #4.
(d) Law #1.

8. What is the character of Powell’s first name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Michael.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Abe.

9. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?
(a) SPD-2.
(b) SPD-13.
(c) SPP-11.
(d) DV-5.

10. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” what is the unwritten motto of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) “No employee leaves base alone.”
(b) “No employee is a robot.”
(c) “No employee makes the same mistake twice.”
(d) “No employee speaks to the robots.”

11. According to the narrator in “Reason,” there are strict laws against what on Earth?
(a) Nuclear power plants.
(b) Robots.
(c) Atomic bombs.
(d) Illicit drugs.

12. What expletive does Donovan remark upon hearing of Cutie’s skepticism in “Reason”?
(a) “Sizzling Saturn.”
(b) “Molten Mercury.”
(c) “Pulsing Pluto.”
(d) “Maddening Mars.”

13. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was sold to be used as what?
(a) A maid.
(b) A nursemaid.
(c) A miner.
(d) A factory worker.

14. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was made and sold in what year?
(a) 2025.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1999.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?

2. According to Powell, the first step of what is catching the rabbit in “Catch That Rabbit”?

3. What is the name of Gloria’s mother in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. What is the name of the general manager that takes Gloria’s family on a tour of a robot manufacturing company in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

5. What term refers to a deductive inference consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorical propositions.?

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