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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin in “Liar!,” the kind of harm referred to in the First Law is expanding to include the concept of what in Herbie?
(a) Physical pain.
(b) Emotional pain.
(c) Hypothetical pain.
(d) Existential dilemma.

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

3. Powell and Donovan liken the experience of crossing the interstellar jump to what in “Escape!”?
(a) Being drunk.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Being dead.
(d) Having a nightmare.

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

5. The robots in “Little Lost Robot” have been programmed with a modified version of the First Law, removing what provision?
(a) A robot will not let a human come to harm.
(b) A robot will kill others.
(c) A robot will follow human commands.
(d) A robot will save itself from harm.

6. 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) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

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

8. How many days have Donovan and Powell been on the ship when the encounter the interstellar jump in “Escape!”?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 1 year.

9. What position does Stephen Byerley hold when he first runs for public office in “Evidence”?
(a) District attorney.
(b) Corporate judge.
(c) County sheriff.
(d) Bank president.

10. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the second type of books?
(a) Mystery novels.
(b) Romance novels.
(c) Shakespearean plays.
(d) Postmodern dramas.

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

12. Who saves Dr. Calvin from being attacked by the robot in the end of “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) The Brain.
(b) Dr. Lanning.
(c) Gerald Black.
(d) Bogert.

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

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

15. Lanning is known to be over how old in “Escape!”?
(a) 75.
(b) 85.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bogert tell robot number fourteen will destroy his brain and kill him instantly in “Little Lost Robot”?

2. How long does it take Dr. Calvin to interview all of the robots in “Little Lost Robot”?

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

4. What character in “Evidence” is described as maimed and crippled?

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

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