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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 does Lord Dorwin use often on his visit to Terminus?

2. The audience during the trial is made up of what?

3. What does Gaal's lawyer use to block the commission from listening in on their conversation?

4. What degree does Gaal have?

5. What is there very little of on Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Dr. Seldon use Gaal to further his plans?

7. What happens on the 50th anniversary of Terminus?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the showdown between Wienis and Hardin in terms of themes and plot. What does Hardin achieve through the manipulation of the masses?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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