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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 method will the Grand Master use to put Gorov to death?

2. Hardin's slogan says that what is the last refuge of the incompetent?

3. How long has it been in the Mayors chapter since Verisof has been to the Foundation?

4. How long does Ponyets have to wait on Askone before having a meeting with the Grand Master?

5. How old is Hardin when the Traders chapter begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the religion on Askone?

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

5. How did Hardin save Terminus from being taken over by planets like Anacreon?

6. What does Wienis inform Leopold he plans to do about the Foundation?

7. What was Ponyets really after on Askone?

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

9. How does Hardin plan to use the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Foundation to his advantage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the connection between consumerism and individuality made by the merchant princes? What is the broader theme in that chapter?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the trial at the end of the novel in terms of how far the Foundation has come in the course of the story. How does this chapter compare to the trial in the first chapter?

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