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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seldon tell Gaal is the probability that he will be executed?

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

3. What does Anacreon propose to give to Terminus?

4. Seldon shocks the court when he predicts that what will fall?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Asimov describe Gaal Dornick?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Salvor Hardin in the novel and compare him to the other main characters of Seldon, Ponyets and Mallow. What did each man have in common? What were their striking differences?

Essay Topic 2

What is the connection between consumerism and individuality as seen in the emergence of the merchant princes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events on Askone in terms of the traders. How have the traders shaped the Foundation? What is the correlation between the traders and the period of barbarism predicted by Hari Seldon?

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