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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. Who informs Gaal that he is under detention from the government of Trantor?

2. What is the envoy from Anacreon surprised doesn't exist on Terminus?

3. The next period of time will be known as what?

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

5. What happened to Hari Seldon after coming to Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Gaal want to see the most as he travels to and around Trantor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the political ramifications of blurring the lines between religion and ideology? Discuss the layers to the theme of religion in the novel, from creation to missionaries to apathy.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the allegorical implications of Foundation, both to the past and in the present.

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