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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. Dr. Floyd spent the first forty-eight hours of his voyage doing what?

2. Mr. Chang attempted to land on what at first?

3. Where is the next journey for Dr Heywood Floyd?

4. When Dr. Chant explores the center of the comet, what was a layer of mineral he saw?

5. Captain Smith had few objections to what activity for the passengers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the layers that Dr. Chant observes as he is spelunking through Haley's comet?

2. How is Rolf van der Berg described when he is first introduced?

3. Describe the South African Revolution and the effect that it has?

4. What is Shaka?

5. Describe Sir Lawrence Tsung's fleet of spaceships.

6. Van der Berg contacts an astrophysicist by the name of Dr Wilkins for what purpose?

7. When Captain Laplace realizes they are turning in space, what does he do?

8. While awaiting rendezvous with the comet, Mihailovich sees something, what is it?

9. While researching Europa's surface, in what publication does Dr Krueger find his information, and what was it about?

10. On day five of the journey to Haley's Comet, the captain reveals what secret; describe the secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many famous guests aboard the Universe.

Part 1) Describe the different characters aboard the Universe.

Part 2) What famous people would be on the Universe if it were to fly today?

Part 3) Which famous character from the book could you best be described as and why?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) There are many different moments of foreshadowing in the story. Choose one that you feel is the biggest moment of foreshadowing to write about.

Part 2) List a moment that could have been foreshadowing but wasn't and explain to what it could have logically pointed.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe Dr. van der Berg's intentions when he first learns there may be a diamond under Mount Zeus.

Part 2) Why does he try so hard to keep it a secret?

Part 3) What would have been the reaction if van der Berg had announced that the diamond was there?

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