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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. In what year did Cleon I succeed to the Imperial Throne?

2. What is the sector of the planet Trantor that for centuries provides servants to and rivals for power with the Entun Dynasty?

3. What is the time line of the Entun dynasty in the novel?

4. What Old Joranumite frequently questions and challenges Gambol Deen Namarti as they reconstitute the movement in Wye Sector?

5. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4, Hari states that while Joranum is dead, his followers could repeat the survival of the Globalists on Helicon of how many years ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation and conflict takes place between Namarti and Gleb Andorin in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 16?

2. How is imperial security described in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 2?

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

4. What is the goal of the psychohistorians, as established in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1? How does Yugo Amaryl feel about this goal?

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

6. How does Dors go about protecting Hari from a would-be assassin in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 2?

7. How if psychohistory viewed by the Empire's leaders and by Hari in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1?

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

9. What is stated regarding "the fall" in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4?

10. Why is Hari upset in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 15? What data does he intend to evaluate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss psychohistory, minimalism, and the Laws of Robotics. How do the Laws of Robotics play into the entire Foundation Series? What is their significance?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Wye Sector and the actions and objectives of Kaspal Kaspalov in the novel. How does Kaspalov die?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Billibotton and Dahl Sector, and the character of Raych in the narrative. How old is Raych?

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