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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 character of Levver’s first name in the novel?
(a) Michael.
(b) Abe.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.
2. The area of the Tropic Region covers how many square miles in “The Evitable Conflict”?
(a) 1,700,000,000.
(b) 22,000,000.
(c) 7,500,000.
(d) 4,000,000.
3. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?
(a) Alcoholic.
(b) Suicidal.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Homicidal.
4. What is Lanning’s first name in the novel?
(a) Michael.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Winfred.
(d) Peter.
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?
(a) Emotional pain.
(b) Existential dilemma.
(c) Hypothetical pain.
(d) Physical pain.
Short Answer Questions
1. What robot model is Herbie in “Liar!”?
2. Dr. Calvin says in the end of “Evidence” that when Stephen Byerley decided to die, he had himself what?
3. Who causes Herbie to self-destruct in “Liar!”?
4. What is The Brain’s answer when given the question: “If one and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs will nine chickens lay in nine days?”
5. What does the Co-ordinator say is two months behind schedule in “The Evitable Conflict”?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Dr. Calvin react to the information about the modified First Law in the robots in “Little Lost Robot”?
3. What situation does Dr. Lanning explain to Calvin and Bogert in the beginning of “Escape!”?
4. What does Dr. Calvin tell The Brain about its coming project in “Escape!”?
5. What is the conclusion of I, Robot as seen in “The Evitable Conflict”?
6. What conclusion does The Brain reach upon analyzing all of the data in “Escape!”? Why does this concern Dr. Calvin?
7. What is foreshadowed through the plot of “Liar!”?
8. Where are Dr. Calvin and Dr. Bogert in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”? Who greets them?
9. What thought does Herbie read of Dr. Calvin’s in “Liar!”?
10. What is related of the problems in the Tropic Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?
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