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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area of the European Region covers how many square miles in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 500,000,000.
(b) 1,700,000,000.
(c) 4,000,000.
(d) 7,500,000.

2. What does Donovan do when the ship returns to Earth in “Escape!”?
(a) Calls his wife.
(b) Prays to God.
(c) Calls his mother.
(d) Kisses the ground.

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

4. The “Society for Humanity” is an outgrowth of what former organization in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) The Proletariats.
(b) The Observers.
(c) The Communists.
(d) The Fundamentalists.

5. How many of the new NS-2s have been released in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) 89.
(b) 63.
(c) 10.
(d) 45.

6. Bogert asks Dr. Calvin if they could find the lost robot by questioning the robots about what in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Television shows.
(b) Etheric physics.
(c) Romance novels.
(d) Quantum physics.

7. Calvin and Bogert are brought to the base because one of their robots of what model has disappeared in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) NR-3.
(b) SPT-2.
(c) NS-2.
(d) PQ-1.

8. 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”?
(a) 2051.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1911.

9. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is a solution to their problem, plus the costs of construction?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $1,000,000.
(d) $500,000.

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

11. The Interviewer claims that after Susan Calvin the story of “Liar!,” it was how many days until he could get to see her again?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. Stephen Byerley went on to become the first what in his political career, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?
(a) Global President.
(b) Robotic Emperor.
(c) Robotic Governor.
(d) World Co-ordinator.

13. What does Bogert tell robot number fourteen will destroy his brain and kill him instantly in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Laser rays.
(b) Gamma rays.
(c) Radium rays.
(d) Beta rays.

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

15. Bogert asks Herbie whether he's picked up anything in Lanning's thoughts about plans to do what in “Liar!”?
(a) Get divorced.
(b) Retire.
(c) Sell his house.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Dr. Calvin and the Co-ordinator in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

2. When did Stephen Byerley first enter public office, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?

3. The Brain is described as being a globe that is how big?

4. What is initially offered as evidence to Dr. Lanning that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?

5. The robots in “Little Lost Robot” have been programmed with a modified version of the First Law, removing what provision?

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