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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 is Rashelle's title?

2. Where does Seldon read the book?

3. Where do Seldon and Venabili go to?

4. Who does Venabili say creates hooligans?

5. What does Seldon say he refuses to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Venabili and Seldon suspicious of Casilia?

2. What does Seldon think is the key to psychohistory?

3. Who is Davan?

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

5. Why does Mycelium not like the temple?

6. Where does Raindrop lead Seldon?

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

8. How does Venabili embarrass Seldon?

9. How does Raindrop say Mycogenian history begins?

10. Why is Billibotton even more dangerous than Dahl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mycogen have such a problem with outsiders? In what way is this problem a comment on contemporary 1980s society? What can Seldon and Venabili do to counter the difficulties the Mycogenians have with outsiders?

Essay Topic 3

PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION is part of the science fiction genre.

1. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2. In what way did the Foundation series help to set the template for similar novels? Does modern science fiction still use the ideas the author uses in Prelude to Foundation?

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