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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Liar!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What temperature is Robbie’s metal skin kept at by high resistance coils in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 92.8 degrees.
(b) 75 degrees.
(c) 96.8 degrees.
(d) 70 degrees.

2. Bogert is the head of what department at U.S. Robots in the novel?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Customer Service.
(d) Mathematics.

3. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(b) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(c) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(d) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

4. 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?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 2 billion.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 10 million.

5. On how many occasions has Donovan watched the ore-mining robots on their shift in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bogert asks Herbie whether he's picked up anything in Lanning's thoughts about plans to do what in “Liar!”?

2. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?

3. Who tested Dave before he left the factory in “Catch That Rabbit”?

4. What city do Gloria’s parents take her to visit in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

5. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?

(see the answer key)

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