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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must the Europans die?
(a) Their world will freeze.
(b) They had not developed true intelligence.
(c) It became too hot.
(d) Their atmosphere was changing.

2. What is considered a poison in an atmosphere like Europa?
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Iron pyrite.

3. Who interviewed Van der Berg about the Mount Zeus?
(a) Heywood Floyd.
(b) William Tsung.
(c) Sir Lawrence.
(d) Victor Willis.

4. Why was Van der Berg so apprehensive about Chris Floyd?
(a) Because he talks to himself.
(b) Because he claims to have seen and talked to his grandfather.
(c) Because he hates closed-up spaces.
(d) Because he claims to have seen a ghost.

5. What did they see while traveling by the Great Wall?
(a) Weird lights.
(b) Caves.
(c) Small dogs.
(d) Igloos.

6. What is Dr. Heywood Floyd's new nickname?
(a) Captain Floyd.
(b) Heywood Suicide.
(c) Suicide Floyd.
(d) Matey Floyd.

7. Why did van der Berg stop Floyd from picking up the Europan dirt?
(a) He was not wearing gloves.
(b) He did not want him to touch it first.
(c) It looked like glass.
(d) It was radioactive.

8. Zero gravity caused Dr. Floyd not to be able to do what?
(a) Consume coffee.
(b) Eat well.
(c) Drink alcohol.
(d) Sleep well.

9. What caused the seas on Europa not to freeze solid?
(a) Lucifer's heat.
(b) The moon's orbit.
(c) Europa's core.
(d) Jupitor's gravity.

10. What does the perturbation theory state?
(a) That Mount Zeus will rise again.
(b) That parts of Jupitor will return periodically to the point of origin.
(c) That what comes around goes around.
(d) That what goes up must come down.

11. Before the main course at dinner, what did Captain Smith do?
(a) Decide the menu for the coming day.
(b) Decide who was going to be on duty the next day.
(c) Relay current information according to latest news.
(d) Relay gossip obtained over the monitor.

12. Though van der Berg could see no one, who did Chris Floyd see there?
(a) Heywood Floyd.
(b) Sir Lawrence.
(c) Mr.Chang.
(d) William Tsung.

13. What was the advantage the Earth's explorers had over the Galaxy crew?
(a) They were not on a hostile planet.
(b) They could breathe the air.
(c) They were not locked in a spaceship.
(d) They had not been hijacked.

14. Old Faithful filled the fuel tanks with what?
(a) Muddy slurry.
(b) Comet slime.
(c) High octane gasoline.
(d) Sparlking pure water.

15. Who was enjoying herself /himself on Ganymede?
(a) Mihailovich.
(b) Maggie M'Bala.
(c) Victor Willis.
(d) Yva Merlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was the Universe's video library?

2. What caused the morale of the Galaxy to become euphoric?

3. The meal would begin with what if the drive was on?

4. What did van der Berg's message to Earth mean?

5. On Europa what do the Floaters do? Guardians

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