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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. Why is Leggen annoyed?

2. What kind of community are the Sunmasters?

3. Who is supposed to meet Nenabili and Seldon at the jetport?

4. What is Dora's specialty?

5. What does Seldon say he should not have done?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the air taxi Seldon and Hummin use.

3. Who is Hari Seldon?

4. What does Sunmaster insist Venabili and Seldon do?

5. Why does Clowzia say Leggen is annoyed?

6. What must one understand for psychohistory to be successful?

7. How do Demerzel and Cleon's views of Seldon differ?

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

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

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

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1980s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline how they helped Seldon to develop his psychohistory theory:

1) Venabili

2) Hummin

3) Cleon

4) Sunmaster

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