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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. What does Anacreon give to Terminus?
(a) A treaty.
(b) A bribe.
(c) A promise.
(d) An ultimatum.

2. What has the Empire given to Anacreon?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Independence.
(c) Ultimatum.
(d) Wealth.

3. The lawyer tells Gaal that there is a _________ probability that the trial will end well for him.
(a) 99.1 percent.
(b) 77.2 percent.
(c) 57.6 percent.
(d) 12.9 percent.

4. What does Lord Dorwin use often on his visit to Terminus?
(a) Make-up.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Money.
(d) Snuff.

5. The period of time after the Empire could have lasted how many years, according to Seldon?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 1000.
(c) 3000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What degree does Gaal have?

2. Seldon tells Gaal that the man he met at the tower was from what?

3. What is Hari Seldon in when he appears to the board?

4. What does Gaal's lawyer use to block the commission from listening in on their conversation?

5. How many families are involved in the Seldon Project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Terminus of interest to the planet Anacrea?

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

3. What does Fara point out to Hardin about psychology?

4. What does Gaal see from the observation tower of the Luxor hotel?

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

6. What reason does Gaal's lawyer give him for not being able to have a hearing with the Emperor?

7. What sort of things does the commission question Gaal about when he is first put into detention?

8. Why is Hardin concerned that Anacreon has crowned a king?

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

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

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