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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) Communism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Christianity.

2. The only visible control or monitor built by The Brain is one that displays distance traveled in what, in “Escape!”?
(a) Decibels.
(b) Parsecs.
(c) Microns.
(d) Millimeters.

3. When she is leaving Stephen Byerley’s office, Dr. Calvin tells him that she hopes to vote for him in five years for what in “Evidence”?
(a) Co-ordinator.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Governor.
(d) President.

4. 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) Hit him.
(b) Pray.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Levitate.

5. 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) NS-2.
(c) PQ-1.
(d) SPT-2.

6. 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 all be reprogrammed.
(c) The robots be sent to Earth.
(d) The robots all be modified.

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

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

9. The narrator states in “Escape!” that over the matter of hours the equivalent of how many “fat volumes of mathematical physics were fed into The Brain”?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 17.
(d) 3.

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

11. What does the Co-ordinator say is two months behind schedule in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) The Mexican Canal.
(b) The Erie Canal.
(c) The Pan-American Canal.
(d) The South African Canal.

12. 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.

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

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

15. The personality instilled in The Brain is described as being like what?
(a) A woman.
(b) A man.
(c) A dog.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bogert asks Dr. Calvin if they could find the lost robot by questioning the robots about what in “Little Lost Robot”?

2. What year is it in the beginning of “Liar!”?

3. 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?

4. What is the population of the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. Bogert asks Herbie whether he's picked up anything in Lanning's thoughts about plans to do what in “Liar!”?

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