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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 is the position of Poly Verisof?

2. Gorov thinks Ponyet lacks what?

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

4. The Grand Master has heard that the Foundation is what?

5. Where is Limar Ponyets when he receives a surprise visit from Lee Gorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ponyets plan to get Gorov out of prison?

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

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

4. How does Ponyets get the Grand Master of Askone to accept a nuclear device?

5. How does Hardin thwart Wienis' plan to attack Terminus?

6. What does Leopold plan to do about his Uncle Wienis?

7. Why is Gorov facing the death penalty on Askone?

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

9. How does Wienis die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the Seldon Crisis? How are they solved? What are the thematic purposes of the crisis in the novel?

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