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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 degree does Gaal have?

2. What is the nickname for Hari Seldon?

3. Seldon tells Gaal that the man he met at the tower was from what?

4. To change the course of destruction on Trantor, there must be an equal amount of ________ from an opposing force.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the image of Hari Seldon tell the board was the true purpose of the Encyclopedia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did Asimov use Salvor Hardin's motto, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" to form a new nation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the decline of the Empire and how Seldon was able to predict its demise. How does the character Lord Dorwin personify the loss of virtue that seemed to be at the heart of the Empire's decline?

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