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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. In what year was Susan Calvin born?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1982.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1919.

2. When did the First Mercury Expedition take place, according to the narrative?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2011.

3. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(b) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(c) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(d) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

4. What model of robot is Dave from “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) SPD-13.
(b) MPD-12.
(c) DV 5-2.
(d) DV-5.

5. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?
(a) Inulasuits.
(b) Insosuits.
(c) Mercosuits.
(d) Technosuits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?

3. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is taking place in the beginning of “Robbie”? How are the principle characters described?

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

3. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Reason”? How much time has elapsed since “Runaround”?

4. How would you describe the use of language in “Catch That Rabbit”?

5. What ultimatum does Gloria give Robbie in the beginning of “Robbie”? How does he respond?

6. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”? What robot are they testing in this story?

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

8. What theme is introduced in “Runaround”?

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

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

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