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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 old is the Cyclops?

2. What does it say on the door where Hagen finds the Jersey Colony communications center and brain trust?

3. At what time of day does Rooney finish his autopsy on the bodies found in the blimp?

4. Where is Pitt staying in Florida?

5. Where did the President and his brother-in-law originally meet the man who interrupted the President's golf game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the FBI learn about the bodies found on the blimp?

2. Why do Pitt and crew on the Prosperteer need to be back by 1400 hours?

3. Describe the Prosperteer.

4. What did Pitt, Gunn, Giordino, and Jessie find in the cargo hold of the Cyclops?

5. Describe Lieutenant Commander George Worley.

6. What does a Soviet geophysicist find when examining photographs taken by the Selenos 4?

7. Why didn't Ira Hagen go to Houston?

8. Describe the caravan that brought passengers and cargo to the Cyclops before the ship left Rio de Janeiro.

9. What does Sandecker learn from Admiral Monfort?

10. Why should Jessie LeBaron have been careful not to offend Pitt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Worley, Captain of the Cyclops, was a German sympathizer. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Cussler uses suspense to keep the reader guessing throughout the novel "Cyclops." Explain how elements of suspense are used to advance the plot in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Steinmetz says that the lunar colonists have a home-town advantage if it comes down to a fight with the Russians. Explain how this home-town advantage worked for and against the colonists. Use examples from "Cyclops."

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