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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 Senator Rosewater lament when Sylvia arrives in America for the divorce?
2. What is in the back of Eliot's ledger?
3. What does Eliot do with the Foundation's money?
4. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?
5. At what age can siblings of the president of the Foundation become officers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Sylvia and Eliot react to the social set of Avondale? With who do they socialize? What happens because of this association?
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. What disease does Dr. Brown diagnose Sylvia with having? How does he explain this disease? Is it curable?
4. Eliot receives a call from Diana Moon Glampers. Who is this woman? Why does she call Eliot in the middle of the night?
5. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm? What part does he play in the story of Eliot and Sylvia's life?
6. 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?
7. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?
8. Where does Eliot end up after his roaming around America? What does he tell Sylvia he plans to do there, and how?
9. 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?
10. When he disappears for a week, what does Eliot do? Why does the law firm of McAlister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee hire a detective to find Eliot, and where does he find Eliot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the people of Rosewater learn of Eliot's trip to Indianapolis, they are certain he will not return. Contrast and compare the different reactions of the townspeople to Eliot's departure. What do they say to him? To each other? What are they fearful of and why?
Essay Topic 2
After living in Rosewater for five years, Sylvia has a nervous breakdown and burns down the fire station. She is sent to Indianapolis for treatment. Describe the disease for which Sylvia is treated by Dr. Ed Brown. What is the author trying to say about the wealthy in this diagnosis?
Essay Topic 3
Senator Rosewater has pushed through a law called the Rosewater Law. He considers this to be his legislative masterpiece. Discuss the Rosewater Law and how it is important to the story.
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