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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 did Hardin study briefly?

2. What was the name of the last psychologist on Terminus?

3. How much of Trantor is underground?

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

5. How long has Seldon truly been preparing to go to Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the political evolution from psychohistorians to merchant princes. What are the implications and consequences of a politicized society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Asimov uses tone to change and enhance the pace of the narrative path of the story.

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