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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 the name of the CNN reporter who catches onto the President's double?

2. What will Madam Bougainville least expect?

3. What is going to be said to the U.S. government in regard to Loren?

4. Who was the first to react to Pitt's suggestion?

5. What did Pokofski refuse to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Suvoyov insinuating when he mentioned to Loren that they could 'negotiate' her return to Moscow?

6. How does the SAP machine function, in layman's terms?

7. What insults were used in regard to the President of the U.S. from Moran, and what does this say about his character?

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

9. What is described in Chapter 25?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alan Moran's duplicity between who he is in the public eye, and who he is behind closed doors. Suggest reasons for this dual personality. Speculate on the necessity of this behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Dirk Pitt as a character. What kind of person is he? How does he treat women in general? What are his biggest vices? What are his greatest weaknesses? Explain how you came to these answers.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the heist in the beginning of the novel. How is this kind of heist impossible in today's day and age? What kinds of security measures are in place to prevent such things happening? Explain whether or not you think Arta would have gotten away with her crime, and how she might have gone about it.

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