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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?
(a) Singing.
(b) Kneeling and praying.
(c) Marching in unison.
(d) Climbing the mountain.

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

3. When Donovan and Powell first locate Speedy in “Runaround,” Donovan describes him as sounding what?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Happy.

4. How old is the company U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. in the Introduction?
(a) 75.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 62.

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

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

7. What does Donovan spit on causing conflict in “Reason”?
(a) The Flexor.
(b) The L-tube.
(c) The Monolith.
(d) The P-scope.

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

9. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Descartes.

10. Dave and the subordinate robots communicate by what method in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Quantum fields.
(b) Atomic fields.
(c) Positronic fields.
(d) Nucleic fields.

11. According to Donovan in “Catch That Rabbit,” if the robots don’t pass the tests on the asteroid, U.S. Robots will lose how many credits in cash?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 100,000.

12. 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?
(a) The McGuire-Jameson tester.
(b) The Anderson-Williams tester.
(c) The Smith-Bodyman tester.
(d) The McCormack-Wesley tester.

13. How long does Gloria’s father say Robbie has been with Gloria in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

14. The narrator of the Introduction states that he had spent how many days at U.S. Robots?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

15. How long have Powell and Donovan been on Mercury in the beginning of “Runaround”?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What encyclopedia does the narrator mention in the novel’s Introduction?

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

3. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?

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

5. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?

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