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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. Whom does Raul knock off a platform into dangerous water?

2. Who suffers the true death?

3. Who is dropped to their death down an elevator shaft?

4. What best describes the portal Aenea and Raul enter?

5. What does de Soya set the Archangel ship to do if captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raul do when he finds a fishing platform?

2. What happens when Raul is forced to pretend to be a fisherman?

3. Discuss what happens when de Soya faces the Inquisition.

4. What happens to Aenea and her crew on their way to the frozen city?

5. What happens when Aenea leaves Sol Draconi Septem?

6. How does Raul almost die?

7. What is learned when de Soya wakes early from his resurrection in Chapter 53?

8. Discuss the death of Nemes.

9. What happens when de Soya tours the Vatican?

10. Discuss the inner workings of the Raphael.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss setting. What is the role/importance of setting in the novel and how it is displayed?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of history involving the disappearance of the Old Earth is strongly shown in the story. How is this shown in the novel? What is the impact of this? Why is the disappearance of the Old Earth important to the story?

Essay Topic 3

How are character descriptions used in order to provide information on characters in the story? What are the benefits of character descriptions used in the novel?

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