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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. The personality instilled in The Brain is described as being like what?
(a) A man.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) A dog.

2. What is the Capital of the European Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) Oslo.
(b) Rome.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Paris.

3. How many days have Donovan and Powell been on the ship when the encounter the interstellar jump in “Escape!”?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 10 days.

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

5. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?
(a) Homicidal.
(b) Alcoholic.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Suicidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the atomic drive to power interstellar travel referred to as in “Little Lost Robot”?

2. What numbered robot does Dr. Calvin ask if it were in the “Radiation Room of Building Two about four hours ago”?

3. What does the Co-ordinator say “reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons” in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

4. The Interviewer says that it has been how many years since the hyperactomic motor was invented in “Little Lost Robot”?

5. When Lanning and Calvin interview Byerley, he consumes what to disprove Quinn’s theory in “Evidence”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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