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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 - The Evitable Conflict.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 5 acres.

2. How old was Susan Calvin when she was part of the “particular Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

3. What numbered robot does Dr. Calvin ask if it were in the “Radiation Room of Building Two about four hours ago”?
(a) 67.
(b) 28.
(c) 19.
(d) 1.

4. Powell and Donovan liken the experience of crossing the interstellar jump to what in “Escape!”?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Having a nightmare.
(d) Being drunk.

5. What is the third of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.
(b) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(c) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(d) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subordinate robots in “Reason” believe that Cutie is what?

2. As Byerley begins to speak at a public rally in “Evidence,” an unkempt looking man charges the stage and demands that Byerley do what?

3. Dr. Calvin reveals that the man who Stephen Byerley hit in the crowd was what in “Evidence”?

4. The “Society for Humanity” is an outgrowth of what former organization in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. When did a new social atmosphere in France tumble first the Bourbons and, eventually, the Hapsburgs, according to the Co-ordinator in “The Evitable Conflict”?

(see the answer key)

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