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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 does China do that affects Nafe's plans?
2. How do they get out of the burial chamber?
3. What are the two remote robots working on Neptune's base called?
4. Why does Jack lose communication with Charlie?
5. What request does Taiwan make to the US?
Short Essay Questions
1. What difference does Jack leaving for Okinawa have on David's plans and why?
2. What are some of the preparations involved in Jack taking Perseus the distance necessary to rescue Karen?
3. What does Spangler threaten when Jack won't easily surrender himself?
4. What is Jack's plan to rescue Karen?
5. What mistake does David makes that costs him his life?
6. What is it about the circuitry David gives Jack that upsets him?
7. What does Nicolas Ruzickov say to David when they talk?
8. What happens when Jack is on the phone with Charlie?
9. What impact does Karen have on Jack and why?
10. How does Karen help Jack after his melee with David depletes his power resources and leaves him dead in the water a short distance from Neptune?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In this novel, Gabriel reveals a language that once unified the planet and was known to all. Is such a language plausible? Could there have been a unifying force before our many fractured cultures emerged? If so, what happened to it? If not, how can the many similar drawings and symbols found in vastly different regions be explained? What is the likelihood that people from opposite ends of the earth would use virtually the same types of symbols to communicate?
Essay Topic 2
What is Spartacus? How does Jack's team know about Spartacus and its capabilities? How do they come into play now, and for what does Charlie want to use them? How is Spartacus both Jack's downfall in the past and savior in the present? What technology does Spartacus have that is actually based in modern science? How likely is this kind of technology?
Essay Topic 3
How is the world prepared to cope with a global crisis? Are we able to deal with the kind of world wide disaster that is represented by this novel? How ready are you personally to cope without services of any kind for weeks if necessary? What have smaller scale disasters like New Orleans taught us about the response times of our various government agencies? For what should we all be responsible as far as coping until some kind of order can be restored? How can you personally prepare yourself and your family? Have you? Why or why not?
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