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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. Hari Seldon tells the board that the Encyclopedia is a what?
(a) Disaster.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Success.
(d) Failure.

2. What did Hardin study briefly?
(a) Politics.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Religion.

3. What is Lord Dorwin's official title?
(a) Chairman of the Board.
(b) Chancellor of the Empire.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Mayor.

4. How many years have passed when the Encyclopedists chapter opens?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

5. Where is Gaal Dornick from?
(a) Synnax.
(b) Swinenna.
(c) Solara.
(d) Symrna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people all together does the commission accuse Dr. Seldon of having involved with his project?

2. What is the name of the envoy from Anacreon?

3. What does Lord Dorwin use often on his visit to Terminus?

4. What are Seldon and Gaal offered as they meet with the commission at the close of the trial?

5. His lawyer tells Gaal that the Emperor of today is not the Emperor of the _______ dynasty.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hardin concerned that Anacreon has crowned a king?

2. What does Seldon mean when he tells the Emperor that if they execute him, the end of the Empire will come in 50 years, not 300?

3. What does Gaal see from the observation tower of the Luxor hotel?

4. What is Gaal shocked to learn at the end of the first chapter?

5. What does Gaal want to see the most as he travels to and around Trantor?

6. What does Hardin tell Pirenne is Terminus' interest beyond the Encyclopedia?

7. What happens on the 50th anniversary of Terminus?

8. What is the solution to the dilemma faced by Terminus at the fifty year point?

9. What is Seldon's punishment from the Emperor?

10. What are Hardin and Lee's plans for Terminus?

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