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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Escape!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the First Mercury Expedition take place, according to the narrative?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1979.
(d) 2005.

2. Bogert tells the military officer in “Little Lost Robot” that Dr. Calvin has what kind of tendencies?
(a) Paranoid.
(b) Homicidal.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Alcoholic.

3. Powell and Donovan found that out after they had been on the Station (in “Runaround”) for less than how long from in “Reason”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 months.

4. What expletive does Donovan remark upon hearing of Cutie’s skepticism in “Reason”?
(a) “Maddening Mars.”
(b) “Pulsing Pluto.”
(c) “Molten Mercury.”
(d) “Sizzling Saturn.”

5. Who is the son of the founder of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) Robertson.
(b) Lanning.
(c) Donovan.
(d) Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Calvin takes Herbie two kinds of books in “Liar!” What is the first type of books?

2. Cutie refers to humans such as Powell and Donovan as being what, in “Reason”?

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

4. Who causes Herbie to self-destruct in “Liar!”?

5. The company that has propositioned U.S. Robot in “Escape!” has promised how much money to U.S. Robot if there is no solution to their problem but U.S. Robot can tell them the missing factors?

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