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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?
(a) Irony.
(b) Alacrity.
(c) Stubbornness.
(d) Mediocrity.

2. The subordinate robots in “Reason” believe that Cutie is what?
(a) A dog.
(b) God.
(c) A human.
(d) A prophet.

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

4. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?
(a) Gold nuggets.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Water.
(d) Crystals.

5. Cutie refers to humans such as Powell and Donovan as being what, in “Reason”?
(a) Superior.
(b) God-like.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Makeshift.

6. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

7. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pluto.

8. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?
(a) NBC Television.
(b) Solar Minerals.
(c) Consolidated Robots.
(d) Plexar Glass.

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

10. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?
(a) Inulasuits.
(b) Mercosuits.
(c) Insosuits.
(d) Technosuits.

11. What adjective describes the robot brain in “Reason”?
(a) Positronic.
(b) Proletarian.
(c) Atmoic.
(d) Nytolic.

12. What model of robot is Dave from “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) SPD-13.
(b) DV-5.
(c) MPD-12.
(d) DV 5-2.

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

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

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 must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(c) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(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. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” Powell had once jumped out of the window of a burning house dressed only in shorts and carrying what book?

2. In what year was Susan Calvin born?

3. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?

4. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?

5. How many human executives are assigned to each space mining station according to Powell in “Reason”?

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