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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. What language was the ship's logs written in?

2. What offer does Severus give Junius?

3. What makes Hoskins temporarily lose hope?

4. What captivated Dirk Pitt?

5. What had he been working on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What identifying characteristics would an early merchant vessel have that would be identifiable to Dirk?

3. What puzzled the postal worker on the package destined for the President?

4. How does Venator approach conflict over Severus?

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

6. What was the secret purpose of the Thursday night poker game?

7. Why did Mr. Schiller take the call?

8. Why did Topiltzin kill Rivas?

9. What was the steward of Flight 106 attempting to do and why?

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

Compare and contrast Robert and Paul as brothers. Who was more likely to gain a monopoly and why? What do you think would have changed if either brother was able to overthrow completely the existing government and assume control? Examine how life would change as though it were a real possibility that this could happen.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the nature of barbarity and savages. When taken into context, although Native Americans lived primitively, the barbaric invaders were the europeans who came here and slaughtered villages. What defines a barbarian? A savage? Relate barbarity to developed nations. How do they interact?

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