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

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

3. What does Gaal's lawyer use to block the commission from listening in on their conversation?
(a) A bug.
(b) A recorder.
(c) A radio.
(d) A voice distorter.

4. What does Hari Seldon's tomb look like?
(a) Park.
(b) Glass cubicle.
(c) Laboratory.
(d) Marble box.

5. The man selling tour tickets in Trantor tells Gaal that he has not been outside in ________ years.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Chief Commissioner?

2. How many families are involved in the Seldon Project?

3. How much longer does Seldon tell Gaal he has to live?

4. What shocking thing does Hardin do to Lord Dorwin?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the image of Hari Seldon tell the board on Terminus is the path of the future?

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

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

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

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

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