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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 does Lee give to Hardin during his meeting with Sermak?

2. The Askone nobleman criticizes Ponyets for his what in his meeting with the Grand Master?

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

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

5. What is the Foundation's religion known as?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Wienis die?

5. What does Lee Gorm give to Limar Ponyets?

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

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

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

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

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

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 how Asimov uses tone to change and enhance the pace of the narrative path of the story.

Essay Topic 3

What is the connection between consumerism and individuality as seen in the emergence of the merchant princes?

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