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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Einstein.
2. According to Powell, the first step of what is catching the rabbit in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) Killing a rabbit.
(b) Eating pasta.
(c) Cooking rabbit stew.
(d) Eating rabbit mutton.
3. How far across does Powell tell Cutie the space station is in “Reason”?
(a) 20 yards.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 5 acres.
4. Powell tells Cutie that he will be back on Earth in about how much time in “Reason”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 week.
5. The robot that Powell and Donovan put together to show Cutie how robots are made in “Reason” is a simple what model?
(a) N-1.
(b) PD.
(c) MC.
(d) QT.
Short Answer Questions
1. What refers to the type of space suits worn by Powell and Donovan in “Runaround”?
2. In what year did Susan Calvin obtain her bachelor’s degree, according to the narrator of the Introduction?
3. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?
4. As they're being dug out, Powell explains to Donovan that Dave's personal initiative circuitry was overwhelmed by what in “Catch That Rabbit”?
5. At the “Psycho-Math seminar” described by the narrator in the Introduction, who demonstrated the first mobile robot to be equipped with a voice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is taking place in the beginning of “Robbie”? How are the principle characters described?
2. How does Mrs. Weston explain Robbie’s absence when he is sent away in “Robbie”?
3. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”? What robot are they testing in this story?
4. What is indicated about the personality of Dr. Susan Calvin in the Introduction?
5. What is the conflict established in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”?
6. What theme is established in the book’s Introduction?
7. What is discovered about the earlier generation robots in “Runaround”?
8. How would you describe the use of language in “Catch That Rabbit”?
9. What is implied about the Interviewer in the book’s Introduction? Why is this significant?
10. What is foreshadowed in the plot of “Runaround”?
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