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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Runaround.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?
(a) Law #2.
(b) Law #4.
(c) Law #3.
(d) Law #1.

3. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was made and sold in what year?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2025.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2005.

4. In what year does Susan Calvin say that the mobile speaking robot was invented in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2010.

5. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?
(a) Consolidated Robots.
(b) Plexar Glass.
(c) NBC Television.
(d) Solar Minerals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?

3. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?

4. Who had first taken out incorporation papers for U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc., according to the narrator in the Introduction?

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

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