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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 is the name of a group of non-religious, anti-robot activists in “Evidence”?
(a) Misogynists.
(b) Micromaniacs.
(c) Powerists.
(d) Fundamentalists.

2. Where does the Co-ordinator say that the Mercury mines have experienced a production deficiency since last spring in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Almaden.
(b) Belaria.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Tientsin.

3. The robots in “Little Lost Robot” have been programmed with a modified version of the First Law, removing what provision?
(a) A robot will not let a human come to harm.
(b) A robot will follow human commands.
(c) A robot will kill others.
(d) A robot will save itself from harm.

4. What medieval curiosity does the narrator say the Co-ordinator has in his private study in "The Evitable Conflict"?
(a) A torch-holder.
(b) A guillotine.
(c) A chandelier.
(d) A fireplace.

5. When Lanning and Calvin interview Byerley, he consumes what to disprove Quinn’s theory in “Evidence”?
(a) A pear.
(b) An apple.
(c) A peach.
(d) A banana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the missing robot referred to as in “Little Lost Robot”?

2. What is Lanning’s first name in the novel?

3. What does the Co-ordinator say is two months behind schedule in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

5. According to Calvin in “Liar!,” the kind of harm referred to in the First Law is expanding to include the concept of what in Herbie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 conclusion does The Brain reach upon analyzing all of the data in “Escape!”? Why does this concern Dr. Calvin?

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

6. How does the story “Liar!” mark a turning point in I, Robot?

7. What is significant about the conclusions of Byerley’s identity in “Evidence”?

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

9. Where are Dr. Calvin and Dr. Bogert in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”? Who greets them?

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

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