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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 Seldon decide to buy?

2. What does Venabili say robots are?

3. What does Seldon say he wants to take home to study?

4. Who does Raych say Tanto probably is?

5. What does Venabili say is the best cure for gullibility?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Billibotton even more dangerous than Dahl?

3. What does Raindrop do to Seldon in exchange for giving Seldon the book?

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

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

6. When does Demerzel think they should take Seldon in?

7. What does Seldon tell Davan before he leaves with the sergeant?

8. Where does Raindrop lead Seldon?

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

10. Why does Mycelium not like the temple?

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

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

The Foundation series books greatly influenced science fiction. Choose a science fiction book that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss its similarities with the novel in terms of the following;

1. Plot

2. Character

3. Themes.

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