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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Susan Calvin born?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1919.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

2. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2010.

3. What is the name of the dog that Gloria’s parents give her when Robbie is sent away in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Sparky.
(c) Champ.
(d) Lightning.

4. Where did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) M.I.T.
(d) Harvard University.

5. For whom is the narrator of the Introduction writing a feature article?
(a) Interplanetary Press.
(b) The Intergalactic Times.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

6. What year is it in the Introduction to the novel?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2089.
(d) 2057.

7. Cutie refers to what as “the Master” in “Reason”?
(a) The Space Ship.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Television.
(d) The Energy Converter.

8. How tall is Dave in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 6 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 5 feet.

9. Who tested Dave before he left the factory in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Donovan.
(b) Powell.
(c) Gerald Black.
(d) Dr. Calvin.

10. 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 #1.
(d) Law #4.

11. How old is Gloria in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

12. Powell tells Cutie that he will be back on Earth in about how much time in “Reason”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 week.

13. What is the character of Donovan’s first name?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Michael.
(c) Irwin.
(d) Abe.

14. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 5 acres.
(d) 20 yards.

15. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(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 protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cutie refers to humans such as Powell and Donovan as being what, in “Reason”?

2. According to Powell in “Catch That Rabbit,” if Powell and Donovan had what tester, they could check each individual item in Dave’s body within twenty-four to forty-eight hours?

3. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?

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

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

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