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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 is the research to the American endeavor to understand the mind control based?

2. Who had threatened before to lock out Congress?

3. What was the name of the boat Pitt utilized for the search?

4. How long is the information coming from the computer likely to set back the KGB?

5. How was the U.S. equipment comparable to Lugovoys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between Lugovoy and Suvorov's opinions regarding Madam Bougainville's 'hospitality'?

2. What is Hemlock the most well known for? How was the Hemlock administered to the victims?

3. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

4. What is Fawcett's argument against making the statement to the press?

5. Why was it of special dismay to Lugovoy that his deadline was moved up?

6. What major things does Dirk learn in Chapter 37?

7. How did Admiral Sandecker know that Pitt had been on board the Eagle?

8. How did it become obvious that Suvorov was acting under what he thought was the best interests of the Soviet government?

9. Why did the Russians monitor people who were working closely for them in America?

10. How did Pitt determine the boat and who was on board?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the setting of the sinking of the Leonid Andreyev made it ideal to not bend the reality of the situation to the breaking point. How did the setting contribute to the rescue of the survivors? How did it also provide a good backdrop for Pitt to be a hero?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Dirk and Loren's relationship. Why do you think he went after her so many times, and yet was still asking Ms. Mendoza out for dinner? What kind of relationship do Dirk and Loren have? What adds friction to this relationship, and what do you think brings them closer together?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Dirk Pitt to the author, Clive Cussler. What do they have in common, and how are they different? Do you think Dirk Pitt is a projection of who the author wishes he could be? Why or why not?

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