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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. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?
(a) Law #1.
(b) Law #4.
(c) Law #3.
(d) Law #2.

2. How tall is Dave in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 6 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

3. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” what is the unwritten motto of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) “No employee speaks to the robots.”
(b) “No employee makes the same mistake twice.”
(c) “No employee is a robot.”
(d) “No employee leaves base alone.”

4. What does Powell install in his office wall in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) A visiplate.
(b) A visual simulator.
(c) An onyx plate.
(d) A telescope.

5. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Venus.
(d) Uranus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Donovan in “Runaround,” he sent Speedy to the nearest mining pool which was how many miles away from Donovan and Powell’s location in “Runaround”?

2. The subordinate robots in “Reason” believe that Cutie is what?

3. Who tested Dave before he left the factory in “Catch That Rabbit”?

4. What word from the Introduction refers to excessive growth or accumulation of any kind?

5. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discovered about the earlier generation robots in “Runaround”?

2. What do the characters of Donovan and Powell represent symbolically in I, Robot?

3. What is established through the exposition in the Introduction? Who are the characters that are first introduced?

4. What do Donovan and Powell discover about the robots’ behavior when they are not knowingly being observed in “Catch That Rabbit”?

5. What is the central objective of Gloria in “Robbie”? How does this relate to the story’s themes?

6. What theme is established in the book’s Introduction?

7. What conclusion does Donovan reach upon observing the robots’ behavior in “Catch That Rabbit”? What does Powell conclude?

8. What is the conflict established in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?

9. What is foreshadowed in the plot of “Runaround”?

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

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