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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. Where are they planning on repairing the starboard engine?

2. What do Steinmetz and his crew make from grapes?

3. What does it say on the door where Hagen finds the Jersey Colony communications center and brain trust?

4. How old was Lieutenant Church at the time of the Cyclops' last voyage?

5. Where is Pitt staying in Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't radioman Sparks call another ship?

2. Describe the Prosperteer.

3. Describe the caravan that brought passengers and cargo to the Cyclops before the ship left Rio de Janeiro.

4. Why was Dr. Calvin Rooney not happy about doing an autopsy on a victim of drug overdose?

5. What does Sandecker learn from Admiral Monfort?

6. Why does Jessie LeBaron say that the man found on the Prosperteer is not Raymond LeBaron?

7. Why did Captain Worley put Lieutenant David Forbes under ship's arrest?

8. What odd events had the Cyclops encountered since leaving home port?

9. Why are the Russians on Cayo Santa Maria?

10. How does Hagen get papers relating to the Inner Core from General Fisher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from "Cyclops", explain how Cussler uses cliffhangers to build tension in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether most of the conflicts that occur in the novel are internal or external conflicts. Use examples from "Cyclops" to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Is the inciting force of the novel the La Dorada or when Jessie, Pitt, Gunn, and Giordino are downed with the Prosperteer? Or is the inciting force something else? Create arguments explaining what the inciting force is of the novel. Use examples from the novel to support your arguments.

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