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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. What does Hummin say Seldon should not do?

2. What did Leggin use Clowzia to set up?

3. What do Trantorians suffer from when they go outside?

4. What does Venbili ask Leggen if he saw on the Upperside?

5. What does Seldon argue Venabili out of doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Seldon defend Venabili to Hummin?

2. What does Venabili plan to do with her life as a scholar?

3. How could Randa have accidentally let Seldon down?

4. How does Randa offer to help Seldon?

5. How does Seldon say assassinations occur?

6. Why does Hummin think Leggen is responsible for Seldon's disappearance?

7. Describe how Venabili looks?

8. How do Hummin's motives for wanting use of Seldon's predictive powers differ from the Emperor's?

9. Describe the air jets take off?

10. What amazes Seldon about the dainties?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Seldon's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Seldon's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION add to Seldon's character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of science? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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