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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 training did Ponyets receive before becoming a trader?

2. How is Gorov's mood as he is freed from Askone?

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

4. What do they worship on Askone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the religion on Askone?

7. How does Wienis die?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the events on Askone in terms of the traders. How have the traders shaped the Foundation? What is the correlation between the traders and the period of barbarism predicted by Hari Seldon?

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