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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. Where does Seldon meet Chetter Hummin?

2. What time is Seldon's watch set to?

3. What do outsiders consider Mycogenians?

4. What is the name of the pilot?

5. Who does Cleon think has the strings to bring Seldon to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Raindrop find it insulting that Seldon thinks her culture is religious?

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

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

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

5. Why does Venabili think the jet must have been a hallucination?

6. Why does Hummin tell Seldon not to show any distaste for Trantorian food?

7. Describe the air taxi Seldon and Hummin use.

8. What does Sunmaster insist Venabili and Seldon do?

9. Describe how Venabili looks?

10. Describe the air jets take off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Seldon's character to the person he was when he first set sail to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What did Seldon hope to achieve at the beginning of the novel?

2) What events changed Seldon's ideas about life?

3) How has Seldon's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is meteorology? How can Seldon use meterology to help with his psychohistory theory?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Seldon's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Seldon's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION add to Seldon's character?

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