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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Shape of Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might be the decompression time for a 2-hour dive?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 7 hours.

2. During one month in 1940, how many ships were sunk by U-boats?
(a) 66.
(b) 57.
(c) 48.
(d) 75.

3. How far did diver George Place drift when he lost his grip and failed to make it aboard the dive boat?
(a) 4 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

4. How much volume did each lungful of air require at 200 feet compared to what was required on the surface?
(a) 9 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 11 times.
(d) 7 times.

5. What was the name of the charter captain who would pass around a bucketful of broken dishes and broken silverware and tell customers that a someone died for that stuff?
(a) Peter Martin.
(b) Brian Robertson.
(c) Matthew Vannoy.
(d) Danny Crowell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jacques Cousteau help invent a system of tanks and regulators that allowed men to breathe underwater?

2. What was the temperature at the bottom of the Atlantic?

3. Between 1939 and 1945, how many U-boats did the Germans have?

4. How old was Nagle in 1991?

5. How deep was the deepest point of the wreck of the "Andrea Doria"?

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