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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Co-ordinator say that the Mercury mines have experienced a production deficiency since last spring in “The Evitable Conflict”?

2. Dr. Calvin tells the interviewer that when she was born, we had just been through what, in “Evidence”?

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

4. Bogert is the head of what department at U.S. Robots in the novel?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem is presented in the beginning of “Little Lost Robot”?

2. How are the Three Laws of Robotics explored thematically in “Little Lost Robot”?

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

4. What proposition has been posed to U.S. Robots in the beginning of “Escape!”?

5. What is significant about the conclusions of Byerley’s identity in “Evidence”?

6. What has been related to Byerley regarding the problems in the Eastern Region in “The Evitable Conflict”?

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

8. What information does Francis Quinn present to Dr. Lanning in the beginning of “Evidence”?

9. What conclusion does The Brain reach upon analyzing all of the data in “Escape!”? Why does this concern Dr. Calvin?

10. What is decided as the course of action among the executives in the beginning of “Escape!”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the setting of “Robbie.” Is this setting a realistic one? How does Isaac Asimov’s vision of the future relate to the reality of 1996 in America? Where does Gloria’s family live in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the NS-2 model of robots introduced in “Little Lost Robot.” What capabilities do these machines have? How do they differ from robots in the previous stories? What makes Nestor 10 stand out among this model? How are the robots described? How large are they?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the problem presented in the beginning of “Escape!” What does Lanning say caused the breakdown of the computer at Consolidated Robots? How is this conflict to be resolved? Who will be involved in the solution?

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