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

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

3. What does Hardin believe is the key to the survival of Terminus?
(a) History.
(b) Money.
(c) Psychology.
(d) War.

4. The population of Trantor is in excess of what number?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 40 billion.
(c) 500 million.
(d) 10 billion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The commission accuses Seldon of forming a what?

2. What is Lord Dorwin's official title?

3. What does Gaal's lawyer use to block the commission from listening in on their conversation?

4. What does Anacreon want from Terminus?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hari Seldon calculate that a disaster will befall the Empire in 300 years?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Seldon tell the commission when they ask him if there is any way to change the outcome of his prediction?

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