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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. Who informs Gaal that he is under detention from the government of Trantor?
(a) Hari Seldon.
(b) Hotel clerk.
(c) Police.
(d) Hotel maid.

2. The next period of time will be known as what?
(a) Exploration.
(b) Barbarism.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Darkness.

3. What happened to Hari Seldon after coming to Terminus?
(a) Prison.
(b) Love.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Murder.

4. How many more years at the beginning of the Encyclopedists until the first volume of the Encyclopedia Foundation Number One will be published?
(a) Two,
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

5. How much time does the Foundation have before Anacreon arrives on Terminus?
(a) Six months.
(b) One day.
(c) Seven weeks.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hari Seldon in when he appears to the board?

2. What does Hari Seldon's tomb look like?

3. The lawyer tells Gaal that there is a _________ probability that the trial will end well for him.

4. What doesn't Pirenne want a big issue to be made about during the anniversary?

5. Seldon tells Gaal that the man he met at the tower was from what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the treaty between Anacreon and the Empire mean for Terminus?

4. What reason does Gaal's lawyer give him for not being able to have a hearing with the Emperor?

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

6. How does Asimov describe Gaal Dornick?

7. What is Lord Dorwin's purpose for visiting Terminus?

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

9. What does Fara point out to Hardin about psychology?

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

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