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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 was one of the principle tourist attractions on Haley's Comet?
2. To where was Tsung fleet's Cosmos designed to travel?
3. What is the most important element in South Africa's economy?
4. Dr. Floyd spent the first forty-eight hours of his voyage doing what?
5. What company insured the chartered mission?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the team of scientists on the Galaxy launch the second penetrometer?
2. On day five of the journey to Haley's Comet, the captain reveals what secret; describe the secret?
3. Why was the Universe's tour cut short and called back to Earth?
4. What curious events does the captain recall after the hijacking of the Galaxy?
5. Why does Captain Smith ban the tourists from visiting Tuonela Lake?
6. What was the accident that transformed Dr Heywood's aging process?
7. Why was William Tsung called the most expensive baby in the world when he was born?
8. Describe what Captain Smith observed upon Haley's surface.
9. When Captain Laplace realizes they are turning in space, what does he do?
10. What are some of the things that Dr. Floyd marvels about on the Universe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Second Commander Chang's role in the story.
Part 1) How would the story have changed if it had been the captain in the control room when Rose took over rather than Chang?
Part 2) Is it possible Rose intended to catch Chang in the control room rather than the captain? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the following to write about:
Part 1) Galaxy lands and finds that this new world is an exact replica of old earth and the two ecosystems are completely compatible.
Part 2) The creatures on Europa, or the monolith, are hostile towards humans.
Part 3) The monolith had been damaged when the giant diamond landed on Europa.
Essay Topic 3
The two main captains in the story are Captain Smith and Captain Laplace.
Part 1) What about these two characters is the same?
Part 2) What about these characters is different?
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