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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. What is inside the crate?

2. What does Yaeger call the voice activated computer at NUMA?

3. Where does Pitt live?

4. Where is Gunn injured when the Prosperteer goes down?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Prosperteer.

3. Why does the Prosperteer make a good platform for spotting potential shipwreck sites from the air?

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

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

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

7. Why were some Soviet scientists upset about the cargo of the Selenos 8?

8. What does Sandecker learn from Admiral Monfort?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Steinmetz says that the lunar colonists have a home-town advantage if it comes down to a fight with the Russians. Explain how this home-town advantage worked for and against the colonists. Use examples from "Cyclops."

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether each storyline of the novel does or does not have a protagonist and an antagonist. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

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