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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 Carson climb on Sunday?

2. How long will the Level 5 Lab be closed?

3. Who else becomes exposed in the confusion and struggle that follows?

4. What is the protocol following exposure?

5. Who visits Levine the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who takes Guy on his orientation of the Mount Dragon facility and what area is avoided?

2. What is significant about the satellite photos that Dr. Levine shows his lecture audience?

3. What does Carson see Nye doing and what is suspicious about his behavior?

4. What mistake does Carson make on his first day?

5. What is Singer's response to the formal complaint filed by Rosalind against Guy?

6. What does Carson learn from Rosalind about his attempts to fix X-FLU? How does Rosalind's attitude come back to haunt her?

7. What is Rosalind's behavior like when she is scratched? How does that affect Roger?

8. What event does Dr. Charles Levine disclose to his audience after he finishes a lecture at Harvard?

9. How does Brent feel about Rodney?

10. What does Nye do that upsets Carson and how does Carson deal with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dr. Levine reveal to his audience after finishing a lecture at Harvard? Why is the issue so controversial? What was the basis for the accident in Novo-Druzhina and why was it so frightening? What is so explosive about the satellite footage that the Soviet's would rather it not be divulged? Why has nothing been done to correct the issue to date? How does that impact Levine's attitude towards gene testing?

Essay Topic 2

What resources does Brent Scopes avail himself of to discredit Levine when he is bringing the events of Rosalind's death to light? How does Brent use these resources to undermine the credibility of Levine so that he is not taken as seriously? What effect does this counter attack have on Levine? How does this counter attack resemble the methods used by political sides seeking to gain advantage in the polls or over opponents?

Essay Topic 3

What prompts Susana to visit with Pavel? She goes there in the hopes that he can fix a problem for her, and in the process learns about something that will become a turning point for her. What does she learn, and how does she employ it later? Why isn't this common knowledge? If the company saw no need for this feature, why didn't they disconnect it entirely? Is there a chance that the company understood the risks of the research they were doing and if so, why would they have kept it a secret?

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