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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapters 40-68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Robert Hunt radios to “Bounty” in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48, he relates that they have reached what depth?
(a) 1,689 feet.
(b) 7,500 feet.
(c) 4,200 feet.
(d) 260 feet.

2. In what year did Indonesia declare independence from the Netherlands?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1932.

3. In Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22, Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale that who is the Head of Immari Research?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her brother-in-law.
(d) Her adoptive father.

4. What color is the “sweet elixir” that David gives Dr. Kate Warner when she awakens in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 40?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

5. Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 8 opens with a wire release from what news organization?
(a) Toba Protocol.
(b) Al Jazeera.
(c) BBC World Report.
(d) The Associated Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. The research vessel described in the opening of the Prologue is said to be how many miles off the coast of Antarctica?

2. Where does David discover the hidden code sent to him from Josh Cohen in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42?

3. The narrator in the Prologue says that when Karl’s team had set out to sea, Naomi had brought aboard “two changes of clothes, three romance novels, and” what kind of liquor?

4. When the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica, they claimed part of the continent as a new German province named what, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

5. According to the Toba Catastrophe Theory, the Toba super-eruption occurred sometime between 69,000 and how many years ago?

(see the answer key)

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