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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. What medieval curiosity does the narrator say the Co-ordinator has in his private study in "The Evitable Conflict"?
(a) A chandelier.
(b) A torch-holder.
(c) A guillotine.
(d) A fireplace.

2. When she is leaving Stephen Byerley’s office, Dr. Calvin tells him that she hopes to vote for him in five years for what in “Evidence”?
(a) Governor.
(b) Co-ordinator.
(c) Mayor.
(d) President.

3. The narrator states in “Escape!” that over the matter of hours the equivalent of how many “fat volumes of mathematical physics were fed into The Brain”?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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) Hypothetical pain.
(b) Existential dilemma.
(c) Emotional pain.
(d) Physical pain.

5. What title has Lanning taken in “Escape!”?
(a) Director-Emeritus of Research.
(b) Director-Emeritus of Marketing.
(c) Director-Emeritus of Mathematics.
(d) Director-Emeritus of Communications.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ashe’s first name in the novel?

2. When Lanning and Calvin interview Byerley, he consumes what to disprove Quinn’s theory in “Evidence”?

3. The Interviewer claims that after Susan Calvin the story of “Liar!,” it was how many days until he could get to see her again?

4. What is the population of the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

5. Who does the Major-General say he is responsible to in an argument with Dr. Calvin in “Little Lost Robot”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related of the problems in the Tropic Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

2. What does Stephen Byerley communicate to Dr. Calvin in the beginning of “The Evitable Conflict”?

3. What is the conclusion of I, Robot as seen in “The Evitable Conflict”?

4. What does Dr. Calvin tell The Brain about its coming project in “Escape!”?

5. What types of books does Dr. Calvin bring to Herbie in “Liar!” Which does he prefer?

6. What do Calvin and Bogert discover to be the reason behind the missing robot in “Little Lost Robot”?

7. How does Stephen Byerley attempt to disprove the allegation against him in the interview with Calvin and Lanning in “Evidence”? How does Dr. Calvin respond?

8. What is foreshadowed through the plot of “Liar!”?

9. What is significant about the malfunction of The Brain in “Escape!”?

10. Who issues the orders for the process of investigation in “Liar!”?

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