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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Escape!.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Powell install in his office wall in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) A visiplate.
(b) A visual simulator.
(c) An onyx plate.
(d) A telescope.
2. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mercury.
3. 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) Solar Minerals.
(c) NBC Television.
(d) Plexar Glass.
4. According to Calvin in “Liar!,” the kind of harm referred to in the First Law is expanding to include the concept of what in Herbie?
(a) Emotional pain.
(b) Existential dilemma.
(c) Physical pain.
(d) Hypothetical pain.
5. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was made and sold in what year?
(a) 2025.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2005.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
2. What robot model is Herbie in “Liar!”?
3. According to the narrator in “Reason,” there are strict laws against what on Earth?
4. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” Powell had once jumped out of the window of a burning house dressed only in shorts and carrying what book?
5. Who had first taken out incorporation papers for U. S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc., according to the narrator in the Introduction?
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