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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. Sermak complains about Hardin's what?

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

4. The Grand Master of Askone is obsessed with what?

5. What book has Gorm never heard of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why can't Ponyets tell Gorm which trader is being imprisoned on Askone?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Wienis die?

9. What is the religion on Askone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If the religion provided by the Foundation is based on false belief in the mysticism of what is actually science, then what statement is the novel making about religion?

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 political evolution from psychohistorians to merchant princes. What are the implications and consequences of a politicized society?

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