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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 Captain Laplace's main problem as the ship drifted on the Europan sea?

2. What did Floyd, Van der Berg, and Chang request of Captain Laplace?

3. Who is the trinity that administrates Europa?

4. What did they see while traveling by the Great Wall?

5. In Dr. Floyd's dream against whom was he defending himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Second Officer Jolson's idea about getting to the Galaxy faster?

2. What does Floyd and Van der Berg discuss about Floyd's illusion?

3. What signs of life did Van der Berg observe on the Europan surface?

4. With what creatures in the sea did the Galaxy come in contact?

5. About what was Victor Willis' video piece that Paul Kreuger had?

6. What message did Van der Berg send to Earth?

7. What time-honored tradition was upheld daily on the Universe at 1800 every evening?

8. Despite Captain Smith's misgivings, who requests that they go along with Jolson's plan?

9. Who does the group on the Universe think sent the warning to stay off of Europa?

10. About what was Captain Smith's interview?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe what is known about Shaka.

Part 2) If the group exists why does it seemingly refuse to take public responsibilities for its actions like many of the current terrorist groups?

Essay Topic 2

The subject of space exploration has been of interest to people for many years.

Part 1) What about this book seemed obtainable for humans within the next 100 years or so? Explain.

Part 2) What about the book seems clearly unrealistic and pure fantasy? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Floyd and his grandson, Chris, are seemingly two of the more important characters in the book.

Part 1) How would the story been different if there had been no Dr. Floyd?

Part 2) How would the story have been different if Dr. Floyd had been with Chris aboard the Galaxy rather than on the Universe?

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