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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?
2. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?
3. According to Donovan in “Catch That Rabbit,” if the robots don’t pass the tests on the asteroid, U.S. Robots will lose how many credits in cash?
4. In what year did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
5. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” Powell had once jumped out of the window of a burning house dressed only in shorts and carrying what book?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the conflict established in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
2. How does Mrs. Weston explain Robbie’s absence when he is sent away in “Robbie”?
3. What ultimatum does Gloria give Robbie in the beginning of “Robbie”? How does he respond?
4. What is indicated about the personality of Dr. Susan Calvin in the Introduction?
5. What does Donovan do that leads to the main conflict in “Reason”?
6. What conclusion does Donovan reach upon observing the robots’ behavior in “Catch That Rabbit”? What does Powell conclude?
7. What is established through the exposition in the Introduction? Who are the characters that are first introduced?
8. What do Donovan and Powell discover about the robots’ behavior when they are not knowingly being observed in “Catch That Rabbit”?
9. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”? What robot are they testing in this story?
10. What does Donovan discover when he goes to check the Converter in “Reason”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of New York in the year 2057. How has robot development evolved in Asimov’s futuristic world? Given that Asimov wrote the book in 1950, what do you make of his vision of the future? Is it realistic?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the setting of “Runaround.” In what year does the story begin? Where are Donovan and Powell stationed? What is the purpose of mining selenium?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the setting of “Reason.” On what planet are Donovan and Powell stationed? What is the purpose of their mission there? What robot accompanies them on their mission?
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