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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. Who among the rescue crew along the New Jersey coast is left in the water?
2. Author Sebastian Junger defines "larynospasm" as which of the following?
3. The highest waves ever recorded along the Scotian Shelf, or anywhere at any time according to author Sebastian Junger, occurred within "The Perfect Storm". How high were the waves to which Junger refers?
4. What time does "The Perfect Storm" hit?
5. Who among the rescue crew along the New Jersey coast is rescued first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What three types of weather phenomena are identified in Chapter 5 that will soon be merging to form "The Perfect Storm"?
2. Why was the United States Navy conducting undersea experiments involving the detonation of nuclear bombs?
3. What does "wave energy rising to the fourth power during storms" mean, as explained in Chapter 6?
4. How does Junger spark interest in Chapter 5 with information concerning the amount of electrical power supply that is contained in thunderstorms?
5. What was the United States Navy doing in relation to the detonation of nuclear bombs in the ocean about 40 years ago as Junger describes in Chapter 7?
6. Who are the Air National Guard rescuers written about in Chapter 9 who end up having to ditch the rescue helicopter in order to save their own lives as the attempt to rescue a Japanese sailor is underway along the New Jersey coast?
7. What is the extent of destruction to the cabin aboard the Eishin Maru due to the blows dealt by "The Perfect Storm" as described in Chapter 6 by eyewitness, Canadian Compliance Officer Judith Reeves?
8. List some of the ways that most sword fishermen exhibit their state of denial about the dangers that exist in their profession.
9. What is the difference between "pitch-poling" and "floundering"?
10. What unconventional rescue method described in Chapter 9 does the Air National Guard resort to for what results in the rescue of three of its own rescuers during the attempt to rescue a Japanese sailor off the New Jersey coast?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Captain Billy Tyne and Skipper Ray Leonard were both in charge of their respective ships. How are these two men alike? Do they run their ships alike? Do they treat their crews the same? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
What is Sebastian Junger's purpose in writing "The Perfect Storm"? Is it to make a statement? Is it to pay tribute to the victims of "The Perfect Storm"? Is it a little of both? Cite examples from the text to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Since Junger did use a lot of factual material concerning topics such as how the establishment of Gloucester took place, explanations of nautical terms, and various subjects of a scientific nature, does that render the book to be more factual as Junger promised that it would be in the foreword of the book? Why or why not?
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