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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. The Brain is described as being a globe that is how big?

2. Bogert asks Dr. Calvin if they could find the lost robot by questioning the robots about what in “Little Lost Robot”?

3. What does Donovan do when the ship returns to Earth in “Escape!”?

4. 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?

5. Powell and Donovan liken the experience of crossing the interstellar jump to what in “Escape!”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Calvin tell The Brain about its coming project in “Escape!”?

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

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

4. Who is having a discussion in the beginning of “Liar!”? How much time has elapsed since “Catch That Rabbit”?

5. What conclusion does The Brain reach upon analyzing all of the data in “Escape!”? Why does this concern Dr. Calvin?

6. What does Stephen Byerley communicate to Dr. Calvin in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

8. 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?

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

10. What is related of the Northern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the governmental system described in “Evidence.” Into what divisions is the Earth split up? How is each division governed? What current system does this most resemble? How does this system compare with our own governments today? Do you think Asimov was making a political statement with this story?

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