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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) $200,000.
(c) $1,000,000.
(d) $100,000.

3. What is Ashe’s first name in the novel?
(a) James.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Mark.
(d) Milton.

4. What is the character of Levver’s first name in the novel?
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Michael.
(d) Abe.

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

6. When does Dr. Calvin say that Stephen Byerley died in “Evidence”?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 4 years ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

7. When Lanning and Calvin interview Byerley, he consumes what to disprove Quinn’s theory in “Evidence”?
(a) A banana.
(b) A pear.
(c) An apple.
(d) A peach.

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

9. Where are Dr. Calvin and the Co-ordinator in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

10. What does the Co-ordinator say “reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons” in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) World Gold.
(b) World Copper.
(c) World Steel.
(d) World Silver.

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

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

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

14. Ashe reveals to Calvin that he is preparing to do what in “Liar!”?
(a) Get married.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Have a baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Calvin call out over her shoulder to the press as she leaves the public rally in “Evidence”?

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

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

4. 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”?

5. Dr. Calvin tells the interviewer that when she was born, we had just been through what, in “Evidence”?

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