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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. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Having to control six robots in an emergency.
(b) Having to control the telescope.
(c) Having to save a human life.
(d) Having to read human minds.

2. According to Powell, the first step of what is catching the rabbit in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Eating pasta.
(b) Eating rabbit mutton.
(c) Killing a rabbit.
(d) Cooking rabbit stew.

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

4. How many years had passed between the First Mercury Expedition and the arrival of Donovan and Powell in “Runaround”?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Donovan suggest putting on Cutie’s joints in order to short-circuit him in “Reason”?

2. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?

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

4. The narrator states in “Runaround” that it is one of Gregory Powell’s favorite platitudes that nothing is to be gained from what?

5. How old is the company U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. in the Introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Donovan and Powell observe when they first see Speedy in “Runaround”?

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

3. What is foreshadowed by Dr. Calvin’s comments about labor unions and religious groups in the Introduction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Mrs. Weston interrupt Mr. Weston’s private time in his office in the beginning of “Robbie”?

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