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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Calvin tells the interviewer that when she was born what had come to an end in “Evidence”?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Communism.

2. Of hearing of the modifications made to the robots in “Little Lost Robot,” Dr. Calvin suggests what?
(a) The robots all be destroyed.
(b) The robots be sent to Earth.
(c) The robots all be reprogrammed.
(d) The robots all be modified.

3. Dr. Calvin is almost how old in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 70.

4. In what year did the Regions of Earth form a Federation, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2061.
(d) 2044.

5. What title has Lanning taken in “Escape!”?
(a) Director-Emeritus of Mathematics.
(b) Director-Emeritus of Research.
(c) Director-Emeritus of Marketing.
(d) Director-Emeritus of Communications.

6. Where does Donovan suggest the ship be sent in the end of “Escape!”?
(a) The Canadian Military.
(b) U.S. Robots.
(c) The U.S. Military.
(d) Consolidated Robots.

7. What is the missing robot referred to as in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Nestor 10.
(b) Cutie.
(c) Speedy.
(d) Herby.

8. Where does the Co-ordinator say the Hydroponics plant has been laying men off in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Tientsin.
(b) Almaden.
(c) Belaria.
(d) Singapore.

9. Who confronts Dr. Lanning with his theory that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?
(a) Powell.
(b) Dr. Lanning.
(c) Francis Quinn.
(d) Dr. Calvin.

10. Who is the head of mechanics and manufacturing at U.S. Robots in “Liar!”?
(a) Bogert.
(b) Ashe.
(c) Lanning.
(d) Powell.

11. Bogert is the head of what department at U.S. Robots in the novel?
(a) Customer Service.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Mathematics.

12. Who is the military officer in charge of the experiments in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Major-General Lanning.
(b) Major-General Kallner.
(c) Major-General Weston.
(d) Major-General Quinn.

13. What company has approached U.S. Robot with a proposition in “Escape!”?
(a) Consolidated Robots.
(b) Mercury Robots International.
(c) Jameson Robots.
(d) U.S. International Robots.

14. What is the Capital of the European Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Rome.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Paris.

15. What is the atomic drive to power interstellar travel referred to as in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) The Converter Drive.
(b) The Hyperatomic Drive.
(c) The Brain's Ship.
(d) The Subsidiary Drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only visible control or monitor built by The Brain is one that displays distance traveled in what, in “Escape!”?

2. When did a new social atmosphere in France tumble first the Bourbons and, eventually, the Hapsburgs, according to the Co-ordinator in “The Evitable Conflict”?

3. What is the name of the elderly head of U.S. Robots in the novel?

4. What Director of Research does the Co-ordinator say he’s spoken to about the Machines in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. What does Donovan do when the ship returns to Earth in “Escape!”?

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