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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Catch the Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Pluto.

2. Dave and the subordinate robots communicate by what method in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Atomic fields.
(b) Quantum fields.
(c) Positronic fields.
(d) Nucleic fields.

3. For whom is the narrator of the Introduction writing a feature article?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Intergalactic Times.
(d) Interplanetary Press.

4. At the “Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction, who demonstrated the first mobile robot to be equipped with a voice?
(a) Dr. Lanning.
(b) Dr. Calvin.
(c) Bogert.
(d) Dr. Black.

5. What year is it in the Introduction to the novel?
(a) 2057.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2089.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the robots in “Catch That Rabbit” begin doing when they are supposedly unobserved by Powell and Donovan at the mines?

3. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?

4. What model of robot is Dave from “Catch That Rabbit”?

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

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