View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madame Rittah recognize outsiders?

2. Who are only allowed inside the temple on special occasions?

3. What does Seldon say he refuses to play?

4. Who does Raych say Tanto probably is?

5. What kind of knives does Venabili buy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Raindrop lead Seldon?

2. What does Venabili know about robots?

3. Why did Rachelle get angry with her officers at the zoo?

4. Why is Seldon disappointed in the Mycogenian's book?

5. Why are Venabili and Seldon suspicious of Casilia?

6. How does Sunmaster say they trapped Seldon and Venabili?

7. What do the Tisalver's say about Billibotton and Mother Rittah?

8. Why does Mycelium not like the temple?

9. How do Seldon and Venabili defend their action to the police?

10. Who is Davan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of science? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 586 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample