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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. How much longer does Seldon tell Gaal he has to live?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3-4 years.
(c) 1-2 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. What does Lord Dorwin promise the Foundation?
(a) Money.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Nothing.

3. What is the name of the hotel that Gaal stays in when he arrives in Trantor?
(a) The Luxor.
(b) The Plaza.
(c) The Starship.
(d) The Hari.

4. How many members are there on the Foundation's Board of Trustees?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. The period of time after the Empire could have lasted how many years, according to Seldon?
(a) 1000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 3000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gaal's lawyer on Trantor?

2. What has the Empire given to Anacreon?

3. What kind of business does Hardin own?

4. What does Hardin believe is the key to the survival of Terminus?

5. How much time does the Foundation have before Anacreon arrives on Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hardin's analysis of the conversations he secretly taped with Lord Dorwin show?

2. What sort of things does the commission question Gaal about when he is first put into detention?

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

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

5. Why is Terminus of interest to the planet Anacrea?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Asimov describe Gaal Dornick?

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

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