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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 Byerley begins to speak at a public rally in “Evidence,” an unkempt looking man charges the stage and demands that Byerley do what?
(a) Pray.
(b) Levitate.
(c) Hit him.
(d) Shoot him.

2. Who is the head of mechanics and manufacturing at U.S. Robots in “Liar!”?
(a) Bogert.
(b) Ashe.
(c) Lanning.
(d) Powell.

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

4. What does the Co-ordinator say “reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons” in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) World Steel.
(b) World Silver.
(c) World Gold.
(d) World Copper.

5. The food supplies on the ship made by The Brain consist solely of what, in “Escape!”?
(a) Rice and Milk.
(b) Tang and TV dinners.
(c) Cereal and water.
(d) Milk and beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bogert’s first name in the novel?

2. What company has approached U.S. Robot with a proposition in “Escape!”?

3. What character in “Evidence” is described as maimed and crippled?

4. When did Stephen Byerley first enter public office, according to Dr. Calvin in “Evidence”?

5. What position does Stephen Byerley hold when he first runs for public office in “Evidence”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Three Laws of Robotics explored thematically in “Little Lost Robot”?

2. What has been related to Byerley regarding the problems in the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

3. What is asked by the Sub-Coordinator of the European Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

5. Who issues the orders for the process of investigation in “Liar!”?

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

7. Who is having a discussion in the beginning of “Liar!”? How much time has elapsed since “Catch That Rabbit”?

8. What problem is presented in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”?

9. What is decided as the course of action among the executives in the beginning of “Escape!”?

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

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