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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 did Dirk ask Lily?

2. What does the Navy want the CIA to do about the shipwreck?

3. What had Rivas suspected when he met Topiltzin?

4. What did Nichols hate about the pathology laboratories?

5. What was the extent of Gronquist's injuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things were at the Alexandria Library?

2. Why would recovery of the sub be a difficult endeavor?

3. What things did Rivas say the President of the USA wanted with him?

4. Why did Venator feel no remorse for those who had perished when the roof had collapsed?

5. Why wouldn't the escaping seamen be believed?

6. What was the hangar and what did it contain?

7. How did Redfern feel about being yanked from his work?

8. What did Venator consider an acceptable sacrifice for the preservation of these artifacts?

9. Why do the analysts believe that Ammar wasn't responsible for the poisoning of the other delegates?

10. How is Giordino affected by the cold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Hala and any political figure you can think of. Who does she most resemble in politics? What about monarchs of the past and present? How is Hala the only comparable woman to match Dirk? How do you think Clive Cussler feels about women? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Clive Cussler with Dirk Pitt. How is the author alike to the character he created? What are his obvious shortcomings? How is the author different from Dirk Pitt? What do you think of authors that choose to create a character that shares their interests?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dirk Pitt and James Bond. How are the two characters similar? How are they different? How do you think the world would react to such a character in real life?

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