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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Navy want the CIA to do about the shipwreck?
(a) Give the archaeologists more time to find out the information
(b) Grant Dirk Pitt additional time to excavate
(c) All of these
(d) Claim that it was what the Polar Explorer was looking for

2. What meant more to Dirk than the discovery of the Russian sub?
(a) Dating three beautiful women in a desolate area
(b) Rescuing the survivors of the plane
(c) Being the hero of the day
(d) Rescuing the archaeologists

3. Why would Severus' soldiers fight?
(a) Because they are paid to do so
(b) Because they love the sight of blood
(c) Because they have honor
(d) Because they believe in their cause

4. How many barbarian men were killed?
(a) Fourteen
(b) Twelve
(c) Ten
(d) Thirteen

5. What symbol was on the altar?
(a) Crossbones
(b) A skull and crossbones
(c) A skeleton
(d) A skull

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady did Lily mention?

2. What captivated Dirk Pitt?

3. What kind of ship did Lily think the Serapis was?

4. How is Dirk going to get an extension on where the Arctic Explorer was stationed?

5. Who did Lily say she was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things were at the Alexandria Library?

2. Why wouldn't the escaping seamen be believed?

3. What alerted one of the flight attendants to the situation in the cockpit?

4. What was the hangar and what did it contain?

5. Why might the tablets suit any known geographical location?

6. Why did Topiltzin kill Rivas?

7. Why would recovery of the sub be a difficult endeavor?

8. What was preventing Pitt from finding the archaeologists camp and how did he eventually find it?

9. What did Lily say in regards to Redfern?

10. Once they have rescued both the archaeologists and the survivors of the crash, what does Dirk turn his attention to?

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