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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mushari's favorite law professor, what should every good lawyer look for?
(a) The moment when money trades hands.
(b) A woman with a rich dead husband.
(c) A client with an axe to grind.
(d) Another lawyer on the same side.

2. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm?
(a) A distant family relative with whome Eliot corresponds.
(b) An attorney who is interested in hiring Eliot after the war.
(c) A soldier Eliot befirends in the Army.
(d) A writer Eliot meets and to whom he gives ten thousand dollars.

3. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?
(a) He is a cashier at a fast food restaurant.
(b) He is a stock clerk in a trading stamp redemption center.
(c) He is a librarian.
(d) He is a retail clerk in a large retail outlet chain.

4. What is in the back of Eliot's ledger?
(a) An unfinished novel.
(b) An address book.
(c) Love poems.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where do the upper-management employees of the corporation who run the automated saw mill live?
(a) In Rosewater.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In Avondale.
(d) In New Ambrosia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rented the office space in Rosewater before Eliot did?

2. At the end of WWII, where is Eliot stationed?

3. On what stationery does Eliot write a letter to Sylvia from Iowa?

4. What does Eliot talk about, to people idling in front of a fire station, that later gets him arrested?

5. In the first sixteen years of the Foundation, how much money is spent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Eliot end up after his roaming around America? What does he tell Sylvia he plans to do there, and how?

2. On the same day of calls from a suicidal man and Stelle Wakeby, Eliot receives a call from his father and does not recognize his father's voice. What are some of the things Senator Rosewater wants to talk to his son about, and how does the conversation end?

3. Eliot lives in his office. Describe the conditions in which Eliot lives. What are his surrounding like? Does he have many visitors? Does he leave the office regularly? What are some of the unusual qualities of the office?

4. Mushari finds a sealed letter from Eliot Rosewater to be given to his heir upon Eliot's death. What does Mushari do with the letter? What does he learn about Eliot? What is his next step?

5. In Washington, D.C. the Senator, Sylvia, McAllister, and Mushari are meeting to discuss Eliot. What idea do they come up with while discussing the problem of Eliot's behavior and his current situation in Rosewater? How does Sylvia defend Eliot's behavior?

6. Who is listening on the other end of the conversation between Eliot and Sylvia? What does the person learn from the conversation to aid in the case to have Eliot declared insane?

7. While at the science fiction convention in Milford, what does Eliot encourage the writers to write about? How does he explain his idea? What does he do to prove his point?

8. In Chapter Three, there is a description of Sylvia telling of her experiences and talents. Describe Sylvia. What does Sylvia know about the town Eliot describes to her?

9. Eliot writes letters to Sylvia during his travels, one from a fire station in New Vienna, Iowa. What does he explain he has suggested to the fire department in that small town? How do they react? How does Sylvia react after receiving the letter?

10. How did the people of Avondale greet Sylvia and Eliot when they move to Rosewater? Why do they treat them this way?

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