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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. Herbie reads Calvin’s thoughts and discovers that she is attracted to whom in “Liar!”?
(a) Ashe.
(b) Powell.
(c) Speedy.
(d) Donovan.

2. The Interviewer claims that after Susan Calvin the story of “Liar!,” it was how many days until he could get to see her again?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. What does the Co-ordinator say is two months behind schedule in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) The Pan-American Canal.
(b) The Erie Canal.
(c) The Mexican Canal.
(d) The South African Canal.

4. Where are Dr. Calvin and the Co-ordinator in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Chicago.

5. The Interviewer says that it has been how many years since the hyperactomic motor was invented in “Little Lost Robot”?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. The personality instilled in The Brain is described as being like what?

2. What is initially offered as evidence to Dr. Lanning that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?

3. How many years have passed between the end of “Catch That Rabbit” and the beginning of “Liar!”?

4. What Latin theatrical term does Dr. Calvin refer to in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. What year is it in the beginning of “Liar!”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What types of books does Dr. Calvin bring to Herbie in “Liar!” Which does he prefer?

5. What is related of the Northern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

7. 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?

8. What situation does Dr. Lanning explain to Calvin and Bogert in the beginning of “Escape!”?

9. How does Dr. Calvin react to the information about the modified First Law in the robots in “Little Lost Robot”?

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

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