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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. How wide was the entrance shaft?

2. What had he been working on?

3. What is the first thing Kamil asks Dirk?

4. What did they call the Eskimo village?

5. What is preventing Yazid's ascent to power?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Venator feel no remorse for those who had perished when the roof had collapsed?

3. Why aren't the Soviets aware of the salvage operation?

4. How is Giordino affected by the cold?

5. How does Venator approach conflict over Severus?

6. Why didn't the sight of blood and the bodies sicken the impostor?

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

8. Why do the analysts believe that Ammar wasn't responsible for the poisoning of the other delegates?

9. Why does the trail lead to Eduardo Ybarra?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the technology of today have made the abduction of the Lady Flamborough impossible? How would it have aided the search for the lost treasures of the Alexandria Library?

Essay Topic 2

Assume that the treasures of the Alexandria Library exist somewhere. How would you go about finding them? Who, in the real world, would you enlist to help you and why? What would you hope most to find once you had found them? Outline your theories on where to search.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Hala and any political figure you can think of. Who does she most resemble in politics? What about monarchs of the past and present? How is Hala the only comparable woman to match Dirk? How do you think Clive Cussler feels about women? Why?

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