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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. Under what terms does Peter agree to stay on as Dwight's liaison officer?

2. In spite of the news, what are Peter and Mary doing?

3. Where is Edmonds?

4. What does John Osbourne tell Dwight?

5. What does Sunderstrom find that he cannot take back to the submarine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dwight's condition when he arrives at the Davidson house?

2. Why does John say his uncle, Sir Froude, still appears to be healthy?

3. How is John Osbourne able to race his car so much?

4. How is Moira changing from thinking planting plants for the next year is a silly waste of time?

5. Describe the symbolism of Dwight's thinking about his family while on board the Scorpion.

6. What does John Osbourne tell Peter when he asks about how much more time they have?

7. What is Mary's initial reaction to the suicide pills and syringe?

8. What has Moira managed to locate that makes Dwight happy enough to drift off to sleep?

9. What condition does Peter put on his continuing service in the Navy?

10. How does Mary put out of her mind that Sydney and Adelaide now have the radiation sickness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the possibility of the same world-wide destruction of all life on the planet could ever really happen. In your essay include the fact that today, just as Shute predicted, small radical nations now have nuclear capability. What is the danger of everything going too far when split second decisions have to be made about using the nuclear arsenal.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the value of friendships. Using John and Peter as examples, write about the support one gets from making good friendships in life. Sometimes family is not near or for some reason cannot offer the support a good friend has to offer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on stoicism in the face of death. Use John Osbourne as your example of a person who knows what to expect and accepts the inevitable. State your opinion about the dignity with which Osbourne faces death.

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