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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 does Venabili say is the best cure for gullibility?

2. Who does Hummin accuse the High Elder of contacting?

3. Where does Raschelle take Raych?

4. How does Madame Rittah recognize outsiders?

5. Who does Cleon say he wants an update on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mycelium not like the temple?

2. Why does Venabili doubt Hummin is not in charge of the upperside?

3. How does Venabili embarrass Seldon?

4. How do Seldon and Venabili prepare to go to the Sacratorium?

5. Why does Demerzel never let himself be seen on the palace grounds?

6. Why does Mycelium know more about tribespeople than other Mycogenians?

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

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

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

10. Describe the room in the temple that Venabili and Seldon enter.

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

Do you think Hummin was right to make Seldon so paranoid about the people around him? Who do the students think was responsible for Seldon's near death?

Essay Topic 3

Pick two characters from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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