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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. What does Dr. Calvin call out over her shoulder to the press as she leaves the public rally in “Evidence”?
(a) “He’s God.”
(b) “He’s a Machine.”
(c) “He’s a robot.”
(d) “He’s human.”

2. 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 save itself from harm.
(d) A robot will not let a human come to harm.

3. Powell and Donovan liken the experience of crossing the interstellar jump to what in “Escape!”?
(a) Having a nightmare.
(b) Being drunk.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Being dead.

4. Who saves Dr. Calvin from being attacked by the robot in the end of “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) Dr. Lanning.
(b) The Brain.
(c) Gerald Black.
(d) Bogert.

5. How many of the new NS-2s have been released in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) 63.
(b) 10.
(c) 89.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confronts Dr. Lanning with his theory that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?

2. The food supplies on the ship made by The Brain consist solely of what, in “Escape!”?

3. How long does it take Dr. Calvin to interview all of the robots in “Little Lost Robot”?

4. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the second type of books?

5. In “Evidence,” Calvin and Lanning tell Quinn they have no proof about Byerley's identity and that the only way to prove he's a robot is to either dissect him or what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen Byerley communicate to Dr. Calvin in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

2. What is foreshadowed through the plot of “Liar!”?

3. How does Stephen Byerley attempt to disprove the allegation against him in the interview with Calvin and Lanning in “Evidence”? How does Dr. Calvin respond?

4. What information does Francis Quinn present to Dr. Lanning in the beginning of “Evidence”?

5. What thought does Herbie read of Dr. Calvin’s in “Liar!”?

6. What does Stephen Byerley tell Dr. Calvin and Dr. Lanning upon their departure from the interview in “Evidence”?

7. What is significant about the malfunction of The Brain in “Escape!”?

8. What proposition has been posed to U.S. Robots in the beginning of “Escape!”?

9. What do Dr. Calvin and Dr. Lanning relate to Francis Quinn after their interview with Stephen Byerley in “Evidence”?

10. What do Calvin and Bogert discover to be the reason behind the missing robot in “Little Lost Robot”?

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