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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many human executives are assigned to each space mining station according to Powell in “Reason”?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. Gloria is playing what game with Robbie in the beginning of Chapter One, "Robbie”?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) Chess.
(d) Chutes and Ladders.

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

4. What title did Susan Calvin hold at U.S. Robots, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
(a) “Roboanthropologist.”
(b) “President of Mathematics.”
(c) “Robopsychologist.”
(d) “Director of Marketing.”

5. What encyclopedia does the narrator mention in the novel’s Introduction?
(a) The Encyclopedia of Mercury.
(b) The Encyclopedia Britannica.
(c) The World Book Encyclopedia.
(d) The Encyclopedia Tellurica.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the Introduction states that he had spent how many days at U.S. Robots?

2. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?

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

4. What is the character of Donovan’s first name?

5. According to Donovan in “Runaround,” he sent Speedy to the nearest mining pool which was how many miles away from Donovan and Powell’s location in “Runaround”?

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