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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. Why does Trevize tell Bliss that she is responsible for the child?

2. Why can't Bliss have a child with Pelorat?

3. Why does Pelorat suggest ending the mission?

4. Where does Travize ask Fallom to take them?

5. What is Tervize's opinion about taking Fallom with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pelorat promise Fallom if Fallom will lead the travelers out of Bander's estate?

2. Why can't Fallom accompany the travelers onto the planet?

3. Why is Fallom uncomfortable on the island of New Earth?

4. Describe Trevize and Pelorat's important discovery on Melpomenia.

5. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

6. Where does Bander get power?

7. What criticism does Trevize have of the Solarian society?

8. What makes the rays of the sun deadly on Melpomenia?

9. What does Trevize wish he could do when he finds the Earth is radioactive?

10. Describe how the travelers plan to find Earth using the locations of the fifty originally colonized worlds.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the power of the individual versus the power of the group in the novel.

1) Is Daneel more powerful than Gaia because he is a truly single entity, not a group consciousness?

2) What advantages does Trevize's individuality give him over groups? What disadvantages does he have as a single individual?

3) What are the disadvantages of governments and ruling groups in the novel? What are their advantages?

Essay Topic 2

The conflict between the individual and society is a central theme of Foundation and Earth. Discuss how the cultures of different planets in the novel deal with this conflict, including Gaia, Solaria, Comporellon, and New Earth.

1) Is it possible to find a healthy, peaceful balance between the rights of the individual and the rights of society?

2) What is lost in the social models of the book as the cultures attempt to resolve the conflict between individuals and society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss power in the novel.

1) What gives Bliss power? Is she more powerful than Travize?

2) What kind of power does Travize have in the novel? How do other characters exert power over him?

3) What are Daneel's powers in the novel? Does Daneel have an excess of power?

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