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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hummin's job?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Private eye.
(d) Lawyer.

2. What does Seldon have that Hummin wants?
(a) Powerful friends.
(b) Mathematical formulas.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Predictive powers.

3. What does Hummin say is far older than the Empire?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Trantor.
(d) Science.

4. Who is supposed to meet Nenabili and Seldon at the jetport?
(a) A Starmaster Twenty.
(b) A Cloudmaster Seventeen.
(c) A Sunmaster Forteen.
(d) A Moonmaster Eighteen.

5. What does Hummin say Seldon should not do?
(a) Shout.
(b) Cower.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Socialize.

6. What does Venbili ask Leggen if he saw on the Upperside?
(a) A village.
(b) A search vehicle.
(c) A government agent.
(d) Snow dogs.

7. What do visitors say Trantor looks like from space?
(a) A baseball pitch.
(b) A lawn.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A golf ball.

8. What does Seldon say he should not have done?
(a) Got paranoid.
(b) Wandered off.
(c) Gone to the Upperside.
(d) Shouted.

9. What does Venabili say successful religions tend to accumulate?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Literature.
(d) Land.

10. What kind of lessons does Seldon offer Venabili?
(a) Computer lessons.
(b) French lessons.
(c) Cooking lessons.
(d) Tennis lessons.

11. What subject does Seldon wish he studied?
(a) History.
(b) Art.
(c) Film.
(d) Languages.

12. What does Seldon call his theory?
(a) Psyfuture.
(b) Psychohistory.
(c) Scistory.
(d) Future history.

13. What kind of food does Trantor have the best of?
(a) Bar snacks.
(b) Sugar foods.
(c) Minifoods.
(d) Microfoods.

14. What color are the skies above the university?
(a) Purple.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

15. What does Venabili threaten to charge Leggen with if Seldon dies?
(a) Murder.
(b) Treason.
(c) GBH.
(d) Neglect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Trantor does Clowzia hate being on?

2. What was the thug's assignment?

3. Who are the only people likely to lure Seldon off campus?

4. What do Trantorians suffer from when they go outside?

5. What does Seldon wear to cover his identity when he leaves the university?

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