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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. Herbie has developed the ability to do what in “Liar!”?

2. How many years have passed between the end of “Catch That Rabbit” and the beginning of “Liar!”?

3. What is initially offered as evidence to Dr. Lanning that Stephen Byerley is a robot in “Evidence”?

4. When she is leaving Stephen Byerley’s office, Dr. Calvin tells him that she hopes to vote for him in five years for what in “Evidence”?

5. When does Dr. Calvin say that Stephen Byerley died in “Evidence”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does Stephen Byerley care for secretly in “Evidence”? How does this character respond to the information about the interview?

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

4. What problem is presented in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”?

5. What proposition has been posed to U.S. Robots in the beginning of “Escape!”?

6. What is related of the problems in the Tropic Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

8. What is significant about the conclusions of Byerley’s identity in “Evidence”?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the point of view of the narrative and the role of the narrator in the novel. How does the narrator’s point of view affect the reader? Do you empathize with the narrator? Why or why not?

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