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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. Ponyets turns an iron buckle into what?

2. What is the official title of Wienis?

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

4. What does Ponyets wear when he visits Gorov in his cell?

5. What object is Gorov trying to sell on Askone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hardin learn from a visit from the high priest, Poly Verisof?

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

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

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

5. What does Lee Gorm give to Limar Ponyets?

6. What is the religion on Askone?

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

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

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

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

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 role of Salvor Hardin in the novel and compare him to the other main characters of Seldon, Ponyets and Mallow. What did each man have in common? What were their striking differences?

Essay Topic 3

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

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