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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. Who is the First Minister to Emperor Cleon I?
2. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 16, Andorin claims that the new man that he has enlisted is what?
3. At what age did Hari Seldon travel to the center of the Galactic Universe to deliver a theoretical paper on psychohistory?
4. 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?
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. Where is Raych in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 14? What is his perception of the setting?
2. How if psychohistory viewed by the Empire's leaders and by Hari in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 1?
3. What is stated regarding "the fall" in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4?
4. How is "minimalism" described 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 do Hari and Eto discuss in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 11?
7. What conflict arises between Hari and Dors in Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 13?
8. Who approaches Raych in a bar in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 11? What does this lead to?
9. What is discussed regarding civil war in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 3? What does Hari believe to be the best approach?
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
Describe and analyze the political landscape of Part 1, Eto Demerzel. What is the central political conflict?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe and analyze the plot structure of Part 2, Cleon I, identifying the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement. How does the structure of Part 2 relate to the structure of Part 1?
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