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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 does Seldon tell Gaal is the probability that he will be executed?
(a) 1.7 percent.
(b) 10.2 percent.
(c) 2.1 percent.
(d) 5.7 percent.

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

3. How much of Trantor is underground?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Nine-tenths.
(c) Half.
(d) None.

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

5. What does Anacreon want from Terminus?
(a) Land.
(b) Food.
(c) Political power.
(d) Metals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the Empire given to Anacreon?

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

3. How many years into the future can Seldon predict?

4. What is Dr. Pirenne's formal position on Terminus?

5. How many more years at the beginning of the Encyclopedists until the first volume of the Encyclopedia Foundation Number One will be published?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dr. Seldon use Gaal to further his plans?

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

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

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

5. How does Asimov describe Gaal Dornick?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What unsettling experience does Gaal have as he travels up to the observation tower in Trantor?

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