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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. His lawyer tells Gaal that the Emperor of today is not the Emperor of the _______ dynasty.
(a) Entun.
(b) Earth.
(c) Eternal.
(d) Enta.

2. How many more years at the beginning of the Encyclopedists until the first volume of the Encyclopedia Foundation Number One will be published?
(a) Two,
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

3. What is the nickname for Hari Seldon?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Raven.
(c) Snake.
(d) Eagle.

4. What is Salvor Hardin's title?
(a) Reverend of the Order.
(b) Mayor of Terminus City.
(c) President of the Foundation.
(d) Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

5. The audience during the trial is made up of what?
(a) Media.
(b) Barons of the Empire.
(c) Emperor's family.
(d) Trantor public.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man selling tour tickets in Trantor tells Gaal that he has not been outside in ________ years.

2. As Gaal travels up to the observation tower, he sees no what?

3. What does Hardin use to interpret the treaty and letter from Anacreon?

4. What does Lord Dorwin promise the Foundation?

5. How many years have passed when the Encyclopedists chapter opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 Hardin tell Pirenne is Terminus' interest beyond the Encyclopedia?

5. What is Lord Dorwin's purpose for visiting Terminus?

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

7. What does the image of Hari Seldon tell the board was the true purpose of the Encyclopedia?

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

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

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

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