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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 is seen alive in the room across from David in the novel’s Epilogue?
2. The person on the audio feed tells Kate in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 110 that the structure they have found in Antarctica is how many times larger than the structure in Gibraltar?
3. Kate claims in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 98 that everyone outside of Africa has what percentage of Neanderthal DNA?
4. On what date is the journal entry in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 86 set?
5. In the journal entry that Kate reads in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 77, the narrator describes monkeys kept in cages inside of what cave?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the monkeys as Robert Hunt watches in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 99?
2. What obstacles do Patrick and David face as they attempt to find Kate in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 139?
3. What is revealed to the reader in the conversation between Martin Grey and Dorian Sloane in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 104?
4. What is related in the journal entries from Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 86?
5. What does Qian tell Kate Warner about his experiences with the Nazis in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 69?
6. What does Patrick Pierce reveal about the capabilities of the Bell in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 127?
7. Where are Kate and David located in the opening of Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 97? What is revealed in the first lines of the journal in the chapter?
8. What are Robert Hunt’s actions in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 82?
9. How does David Vale supposedly die in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 143?
10. What offer does Howard Keegan make to Kate Warner in Part III: "The Tombs of Atlantis," Chapter 106? How does Kate respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrative style of The Atlantis Gene. Is the narrator of the story involved in the action? Is the story told in a past or present tense? Does the narrative style change between the chapters? Why do you think the author chose this narrative style?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss human evolution and the Toba Catastrophe Theory as it is applied in The Atlantis Gene. How does this theory relate to the plot of the novel? When did the Toba super-eruption take place? How is this event said to have bottlenecked the human population? What were the results of this bottleneck? How widely accepted is the Toba Catastrophe Theory? What theories oppose it?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Dorian Sloane in The Atlantis Gene. What is Dorian’s position in Immari Corp.? Why has Martin Grey hid the discoveries in Alaska and elsewhere from Dorian? What are Dorian Sloane’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?
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