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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - Robbie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Susan Calvin born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1982.

2. Where did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) M.I.T.

3. How old is the company U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. in the Introduction?
(a) 62.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

4. How old does the narrator of the Introduction claim to be?
(a) 19.
(b) 39.
(c) 32.
(d) 42.

5. At the point of the novel’s Introduction, Susan Calvin is how old?
(a) 89.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 62.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gloria’s father in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

2. What word from the Introduction refers to excessive growth or accumulation of any kind?

3. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. What is the name of Gloria’s mother in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

5. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was sold to be used as what?

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