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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 is Hummin's job?

2. Where do Hummin and Seldon briefly stop at for food?

3. What planet does Seldon live on?

4. What does the sign say on the elevator door?

5. What becomes inky black?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hummin's motives for wanting use of Seldon's predictive powers differ from the Emperor's?

2. What does Venabili plan to do with her life as a scholar?

3. Why does Seldon find it hard to believe that the Galactic Empire is dying?

4. Why does Venabili think that the grays are for women and the whites are for men?

5. Who is Hari Seldon?

6. Why does Venabili think the Mycogens have never had a religion?

7. What does Leggen tell Venabili about Seldon and his disappearance?

8. Why does Clowzia say the lift has to go so high?

9. Describe the air jets take off?

10. Why does Seldon think both Hummin and the Emperor are being unreasonable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION is part of the science fiction genre.

1. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2. In what way did the Foundation series help to set the template for similar novels? Does modern science fiction still use the ideas the author uses in Prelude to Foundation?

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