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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapters 11-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What economically depressed sector of the planet Trantor produces energy in heatsinks dug deep underground near the superheated planetary magma?
(a) Nishaya.
(b) Anacreon.
(c) Dahl.
(d) Mycogen.

2. Who is Hari's protector and beloved spouse?
(a) Namarti.
(b) Dors Venábili.
(c) Wanda Seldon.
(d) Raych Seldon.

3. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 5, as soon as Hari arranges a meeting with Eto, who requests one first?
(a) Yugo Amaryl.
(b) Gennaro Mummery.
(c) Mandell Gruber.
(d) Jo-Jo Joranum.

4. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot must obey human orders unless such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(b) A robot must protect its own existence, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.
(c) A robot may not injure a human or allow one to come to harm.
(d) Laws which humans make are too difficult to obey.

5. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 21, Dors worries that Joranum could soon seize power, but who predicts that his movement will collapse?
(a) Eto Demerzel.
(b) Emperor Cleon I.
(c) Hari Seldon.
(d) Jo-Jo Joranum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emperor Cleon I's father?

2. Dors Venabili, in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 3, is angry that her husband has tangled with whose right-hand man?

3. What is a fictional science in the Foundation universe which combines history, sociology, and mathematical statistics to make general predictions about the future behavior of very large groups of people?

4. What does Eto Demerzel tell Hari to call him in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 11?

5. Who is the First Minister to Emperor Cleon I?

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