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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does The Brain say it will take to build a ship in “Escape!”?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

2. As Byerley begins to speak at a public rally in “Evidence,” an unkempt looking man charges the stage and demands that Byerley do what?
(a) Levitate.
(b) Pray.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Hit him.

3. What Latin theatrical term does Dr. Calvin refer to in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Omniscient narrator.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Deus ex machina.
(d) Protagonist.

4. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is no solution to their problem but U.S. Robot can tell them the missing factors?
(a) $400,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

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

6. What is the population of the Tropic Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 1,700,000,000.
(b) 4,000,000.
(c) 500,000,000.
(d) 7,500,000.

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

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

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

10. Dr. Calvin says in the end of “Evidence” that when Stephen Byerley decided to die, he had himself what?
(a) Buried at sea.
(b) Atomized.
(c) Cremated.
(d) Sent to the moon.

11. Who is the son of the founder of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) Robertson.
(b) Lanning.
(c) Jameson.
(d) Donovan.

12. Herbie reads Calvin’s thoughts and discovers that she is attracted to whom in “Liar!”?
(a) Powell.
(b) Speedy.
(c) Ashe.
(d) Donovan.

13. Where does the Co-ordinator say that the Mercury mines have experienced a production deficiency since last spring in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Belaria.
(b) Tientsin.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Almaden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confronts Dr. Lanning with his theory that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?

2. Who is the young head of the physics department of the Hyperatomic Drive Project in “Little Lost Robot”?

3. What is the character of Levver’s first name in the novel?

4. The area of the Tropic Region covers how many square miles in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. What company has approached U.S. Robot with a proposition in “Escape!”?

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