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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. How many tons of coal can be carried by the Cyclops?

2. Where did Dr. Calvin Rooney attend medical school?

3. How many cosmonaut deaths has the CIA recorded since the beginning of the Soviet space missions?

4. What color lab coat does Dr. Calvin Rooney wear?

5. How long ago did the men on the blimp die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rooney learn about the identities of the bodies found on the blimp?

3. What is El Dorado and La Dorada?

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

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

6. Why do the Soviets decide to attack the moon base?

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

8. Why would it have been disastrous for the Prosperteer to collide with the Sonesta Beach Hotel?

9. Why are the Russians on Cayo Santa Maria?

10. Describe the Prosperteer.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel "Cyclops" is a multiple-viewpoint novel with several different storylines. Explain how Cussler ties all of these stories together.

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

Explain which characters in the novel serve as character foils and how they contrast with the other characters. Use examples from "Cyclops."

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