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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 many sections make up Neptune's base?

2. What does he remember about the island?

3. As whom does the leader of the three men introduce himself?

4. What does Spangler threaten to get Rolfe to do to Karen?

5. Where is Houston ordered by the Pentagon to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difference does Jack leaving for Okinawa have on David's plans and why?

2. What does Spangler threaten when Jack won't easily surrender himself?

3. What does the government want David to do about the crystal obelisk?

4. What does Elvis do aboard the Fathom?

5. What is it about the circuitry David gives Jack that upsets him?

6. What does China do, what impact does it have on Nafe and why?

7. What does Jack's team collectively discover about the crystal?

8. What happens when Jack is on the phone with Charlie?

9. How does Karen help Jack after his melee with David depletes his power resources and leaves him dead in the water a short distance from Neptune?

10. How does Jack fool David and his men twice, giving the others an opportunity to get away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jack's trip to Okinawa change his life? In what way could it be said that Jack's life began again after a lengthy hiatus? Why had Jack been living in such an emotional vacuum? What is it about Karen that ultimately changes that for Jack? What draws her to him, and him to her? How does Gabriel play a large part in the matchmaking process although in an obscure way?

Essay Topic 2

Gabriel describes himself as the ghost in the machine. What does this reference mean? What exactly is Gabriel and what is his purpose? Are there other forms of self educating synthetic intelligences in existence today? If your answer is no, can you see the existence of such an artificial intelligence in your lifetime? What are the possible risks to creating a self educating awareness with global connections? How can these risks be overcome?

Essay Topic 3

Why are David and Rolfe not restored to their lives as they were when the eclipse took place like almost everyone else is? What other strange occurrences appear to the rest of the world that only those aboard the Deep Fathom would be able to explain? What geographical changes are reversed? What political changes? What are the few things that do not change from the original time line and why?

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