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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time passes between “Runaround” and “Reason”?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 6 months.

2. At the “Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction, who demonstrated the first mobile robot to be equipped with a voice?
(a) Dr. Calvin.
(b) Bogert.
(c) Dr. Lanning.
(d) Dr. Black.

3. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Water.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Gold nuggets.

4. What term refers to a deductive inference consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorical propositions.?
(a) Syllogism.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Irony.
(d) Cataclysm.

5. Who tested Dave before he left the factory in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Donovan.
(b) Gerald Black.
(c) Dr. Calvin.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the First Mercury Expedition take place, according to the narrative?

2. According to Powell in “Catch That Rabbit,” if Powell and Donovan had what tester, they could check each individual item in Dave’s body within twenty-four to forty-eight hours?

3. Dave and the subordinate robots communicate by what method in “Catch That Rabbit”?

4. What title did Susan Calvin hold at U.S. Robots, according to the narrator of the Introduction?

5. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Donovan do that leads to the main conflict in “Reason”?

2. What breakdown in the Three Laws of Robotics is indicated in “Runaround”?

3. What principle purpose does the Introduction of I, Robot serve?

4. How does Cutie describe his conclusions of existence to Donovan and Powell as they discover the coming storm in “Reason”?

5. How does Mrs. Weston explain Robbie’s absence when he is sent away in “Robbie”?

6. How is the theme of faith explored in “Reason”?

7. What news does Donovan relate to Powell in the beginning of “Runaround”?

8. How is the robot Cutie described in the beginning of “Reason”? What objective does he state in the beginning of the story?

9. What is established about the capacity of robots in “Robbie”? What is foreshadowed in the story?

10. What is indicated about the personality of Dr. Susan Calvin in the Introduction?

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