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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trevize do with the computer to request a 2-minute delay in Chapter 9?
(a) Freeze time.
(b) Change it.
(c) Mental contact.
(d) Program it.

2. Who is recorded saying he/she believes in the Seldon Plan?
(a) Trevize.
(b) Harla.
(c) Seldon.
(d) Kodell.

3. What is Gendibal about to do to stop his assailant in Chapter 7 when a woman approaches him?
(a) Control his mind.
(b) Beat him to a pulp.
(c) Tie him up.
(d) Become invisible.

4. How fast do Trevize and Pelorat travel in Chapter 9?
(a) Faster than light.
(b) Slower than light.
(c) Slower than sound.
(d) Faster than sound.

5. What or whom is held hostage to ensure that Compor does what he is ordered to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Wife.
(b) Cabin.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Books.

6. Where is the library mentioned in Chapter 3?
(a) Trantor.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Terminus.
(d) Far Star.

7. Tired of waiting, what does Shandess summarize at the meeting at the Table in Chapter 7?
(a) Pelorat's scholarly findings.
(b) Gendibal's mathematics.
(c) Rufirant's ploy.
(d) Trevize's intuition.

8. What is the name of the mode of the transportation that Trevize takes in Chapter 3?
(a) Laiden Maiden.
(b) Far Star.
(c) Gung Ho.
(d) Hells Bells.

9. What does the Second Foundation want to control according to Trevize in Chapter 2?
(a) Technology of the First Foundation.
(b) Owners of the Fourth Foundation.
(c) Elite of the Third Foundation.
(d) People of the First Foundation.

10. What is the golden rule of the Second Foundation?
(a) Do nothing unless you must and when you must act, hesitate.
(b) Engage in mind games while lieutenants garner control.
(c) Counteract all moves with force and always brute force.
(d) Do not give your opponent an inch and always try to outwit them.

11. What does the woman want to do and learn in Chapter 8?
(a) Be a singer and perform.
(b) Be a speaker and argue.
(c) Be a servant and read.
(d) Be a priest and write.

12. What do most legends and historians dismiss in Chapter 3?
(a) Apocalyse Concerns.
(b) Millennia Concerns.
(c) Origin Question.
(d) Timeless Question.

13. To whom does Branno send Trevize in Chapter 2?
(a) Harry.
(b) Liono.
(c) Kodell.
(d) Janov.

14. What did the young Speaker learn at an early age?
(a) Herbal training.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Psychohistory.
(d) Martial arts.

15. What is Trevize surprised to experience with the power of his mind in Chapter 4?
(a) He can control every aspect of the ship.
(b) He can fight off ancient warriors with buttons.
(c) He can hold hands with Seldon scribes at will.
(d) He can discover all the mysteries of the intuition games.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Mayor?

2. References to what have been purged from the library in Chapter 10?

3. What color is Seldon's original plan in Chapter 5?

4. What does Pelorat see that he finds amazing in Chapter 9?

5. Whose behavior is violent and considered out of character in Chapter 10?

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