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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From his arrival to Trantor all the way to the hotel, what doesn't Gaal see?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Sky.
(c) Cars.
(d) People.

2. What does Hardin smoke?
(a) Cigarette.
(b) Hookah.
(c) Pipe.
(d) Cigar.

3. What kind of business does Hardin own?
(a) Hotel.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Radio station.
(d) Atomic factory.

4. Where is Gaal Dornick from?
(a) Synnax.
(b) Symrna.
(c) Solara.
(d) Swinenna.

5. How much longer does Seldon tell Gaal he has to live?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1-2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 3-4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hardin study briefly?

2. What doesn't Pirenne want a big issue to be made about during the anniversary?

3. What shocking thing does Hardin do to Lord Dorwin?

4. What is there very little of on Terminus?

5. What does Hardin believe is the key to the survival of Terminus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hardin tell Pirenne is Terminus' interest beyond the Encyclopedia?

2. What does Hardin's analysis of the conversations he secretly taped with Lord Dorwin show?

3. What does Seldon tell the commission when they ask him if there is any way to change the outcome of his prediction?

4. What does the image of Hari Seldon tell the board on Terminus is the path of the future?

5. What is the solution to the dilemma faced by Terminus at the fifty year point?

6. What happens on the 50th anniversary of Terminus?

7. What is Seldon's punishment from the Emperor?

8. How does Hari Seldon calculate that a disaster will befall the Empire in 300 years?

9. What is Gaal shocked to learn at the end of the first chapter?

10. What does the treaty between Anacreon and the Empire mean for Terminus?

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