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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. According to Namarti's plan in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 21, who is to kill Hari?
(a) Gleb Andorin.
(b) Wanda Seldon.
(c) Raych Seldon.
(d) Mandell Gruber.

2. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 8, Hari reveals that automatic damage control has failed in how many recent minor earthquakes?
(a) 21.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

3. Who is a native of the Dahl Sector of Trantor and a brilliant self-taught mathematician languishing as a heatsink worker when Hari Seldon encounters him in Prelude to Foundation?
(a) Yugo Amaryl.
(b) Eto Demerzel.
(c) Hari Seldon.
(d) Jo-Jo Joranum's.

4. Kaspal Kaspalov is ordered to destroy ventilation in what sector any way he wishes in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 5?
(a) Dahl Sector.
(b) Mycogen Sector.
(c) Wye Secor.
(d) Anemoria Sector.

5. What province of the Milky Way Galaxy, having few stars and no political importance, is located some 10,000 parsecs from Trantor?
(a) Dahl.
(b) Anacreon.
(c) Mycogen.
(d) Nishaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What key concept of psychohistory states that because any action can have unpredictable, chaotic effects, all actions must be as close to zero as possible?

2. Whose policy consists of fostering and exploiting breakdowns in the infrastructure around Trantor to foment popular discontent in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 5?

3. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 2, Hari comes upon a rowdy pro-Joranum demonstration led by whom?

4. Part 2 jumps forward to ten years into Hari's tenure in what office?

5. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 10, Raych feels baby-faced and disgusted as he settles into the hotel in Wye in which who had lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gleb Andorin reveal to Namarti in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 13? What is Namarti's plan?

2. What do Hari and Eto discuss in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 11?

3. Why does Hari solicit Raych to go undercover in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 12? What in this chapter foreshadows conflict?

4. How is the character of Cleon I portrayed in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1?

5. What references does Hari use to support his case regarding nature in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3?

6. What major figures in Hari's life does he recall in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1?

7. What is discussed regarding civil war in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3? What does Hari believe to be the best approach?

8. What does Hari admit to Dors about Raych's mission in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 13?

9. Why is Raych charged in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 14? What is Raych's impression of the police?

10. Where is Raych in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 14? What is his perception of the setting?

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