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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 has the Empire given to Anacreon?

2. What is Dr. Pirenne's formal position on Terminus?

3. What doesn't Pirenne want a big issue to be made about during the anniversary?

4. What is the nickname for Hari Seldon?

5. The man selling tour tickets in Trantor tells Gaal that he has not been outside in ________ years.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the image of Hari Seldon tell the board was the true purpose of 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 Gaal want to see the most as he travels to and around Trantor?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What does Fara point out to Hardin about psychology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Hari Seldon is more than just a character, but a unifying force throughout the novel. How does he embody certain themes of Foundation?

Essay Topic 3

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

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