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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 temperature is Robbie’s metal skin kept at by high resistance coils in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

2. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?

3. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?

4. Gloria is playing what game with Robbie in the beginning of Chapter One, "Robbie”?

5. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Weston interrupt Mr. Weston’s private time in his office in the beginning of “Robbie”?

2. What is taking place in the beginning of “Robbie”? How are the principle characters described?

3. How does Mrs. Weston explain Robbie’s absence when he is sent away in “Robbie”?

4. How would you describe the use of language in “Catch That Rabbit”?

5. What conclusion does Donovan reach upon observing the robots’ behavior in “Catch That Rabbit”? What does Powell conclude?

6. What is foreshadowed in the plot of “Runaround”?

7. What news does Donovan relate to Powell in the beginning of “Runaround”?

8. How is the theme of faith explored in “Reason”?

9. What is the central objective of Gloria in “Robbie”? How does this relate to the story’s themes?

10. How is the robot Cutie described in the beginning of “Reason”? What objective does he state in the beginning of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the NS-2 model of robots introduced in “Little Lost Robot.” What capabilities do these machines have? How do they differ from robots in the previous stories? What makes Nestor 10 stand out among this model? How are the robots described? How large are they?

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

Discuss the robot Dave in “Catch That Rabbit.” How is Dave different from Robbie and Cutie from the previous stories? What does Dave look like? What is the major conflict surrounding Dave in the narrative?

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