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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. Bogert asks Herbie whether he's picked up anything in Lanning's thoughts about plans to do what in “Liar!”?
(a) Get married.
(b) Sell his house.
(c) Get divorced.
(d) Retire.

2. What year is it in the beginning of “Liar!”?
(a) 2021.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2116.
(d) 2001.

3. What title has Lanning taken in “Escape!”?
(a) Director-Emeritus of Research.
(b) Director-Emeritus of Marketing.
(c) Director-Emeritus of Communications.
(d) Director-Emeritus of Mathematics.

4. What robot model is Herbie in “Liar!”?
(a) PP-19.
(b) DV-5.
(c) RB-34.
(d) SPD-15.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What medieval curiosity does the narrator say the Co-ordinator has in his private study in "The Evitable Conflict"?

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

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

5. How long does The Brain say it will take to build a ship in “Escape!”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed through the plot of “Liar!”?

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

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

4. What information does Francis Quinn present to Dr. Lanning in the beginning of “Evidence”?

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

6. What is the basis of Dr. Calvin’s fear of the robots and their capabilities in “Little Lost Robot”?

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

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

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

10. What is the conclusion of I, Robot as seen in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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