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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. Who is the Chief of the FBI?

2. How many tons of lunar-soil materials does it take to make two hundred pounds of a bastard metal or five hundred pounds of glass?

3. What do the three men and Jessie smell inside the house they find on the island?

4. What are the approximate dimensions of the crate that is put on board in Rio?

5. What is Pitt's middle name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Unified Space Operations Center in Colorado Springs.

2. Describe Velikov's study.

3. What did the FBI learn about the bodies found on the blimp?

4. What does Senator Dean Porter think about the "handshake in space"?

5. Describe Lieutenant Commander George Worley.

6. How are the deaths of the bodies on the blimp similar to a case Rooney had fifteen years ago?

7. What did Pitt, Gunn, Giordino, and Jessie find in the cargo hold of the Cyclops?

8. Why should Jessie LeBaron have been careful not to offend Pitt?

9. Why is the President told about the Jersey Colony?

10. Why does Hagen tell the President not to judge the men of the Inner Core too harshly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout "Cyclops", Cussler weaves historical facts with the storyline. Explain how Cussler uses creative license to adapt history to advance the plot of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether Worley, Captain of the Cyclops, was a German sympathizer. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Pitt was asked to undertake a mission to follow the flight path that Raymond LeBaron took in the Prosperteer before he disappeared. Explain how the author used foreshadowing to indicate that something was not right about the mission. Use examples from the novel.

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