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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 is the percentage that the trial will end well for the Seldon Project?

2. What is Salvor Hardin's title?

3. From his arrival to Trantor all the way to the hotel, what doesn't Gaal see?

4. The lawyer tells Gaal that there is a _________ probability that the trial will end well for him.

5. What does Anacreon give to Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How was Hober Mallow the intellectual action hero of the novel? Compare him to other literary heroes.

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