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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 Ponyets find useless as he enters Askone?

2. What training did Ponyets receive before becoming a trader?

3. What do they worship on Askone?

4. Lee thinks that Sermak will likely what?

5. What does Sermak joke is Hardin's secret weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pherl factor into Ponyet's plan to get Askone under the Foundation's control?

2. Why does Lewis Bort think the rebel cause could be lost?

3. Why isn't Gorov pleased with what Ponyets did to get him released from prison on Askone?

4. What is the fable that Hardin tells Wienis, and what is the meaning behind the fable?

5. What deal does Ponyets finally have to make with the Grand Master to get him to buy the gold?

6. What are Hardin and Lee's differing views on how to handle his trip to Anacreon for the coronation of Leopold?

7. Why does Sermak want Hardin to step down as leader of Terminus?

8. What does Gorov think will be his best chance for being released from prison on Askone?

9. How does Ponyets gain access to seeing Gorov in prison?

10. How does the priest Theo Aporat gain power of the Anacreon ship on its way to destroy Terminus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of humanity in terms of what becomes of Terminus as it develops from an uninhabited planet to the Foundation.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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