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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 gives away the identity of the President's double?

2. How many dead bodies were on board the Eagle?

3. What connection has Pitt made between all the ships in question?

4. How many people died on the Leonid Andreyev?

5. What sense is missing in dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hemlock the most well known for? How was the Hemlock administered to the victims?

2. What is the joke circling around Europe and why is it circulating?

3. What is the difference between Lugovoy and Suvorov's opinions regarding Madam Bougainville's 'hospitality'?

4. How did the President stop Congress from convening?

5. What are the two options for the Bougainville shipping company in regard to Vice President Margolin?

6. What situations hint to the true nature of the steward that is mentioned several times between chapters fifty three and fifty eight?

7. What is Fawcett's argument against making the statement to the press?

8. What explanation did the President offer in regards to his whereabouts?

9. What alerts Mangyai to the imminent Russian plot?

10. How did it become obvious that Suvorov was acting under what he thought was the best interests of the Soviet government?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Loren Smith and Julie Mendoza. What do you think attracted Pitt to Julie? How do you think Loren would have reacted to Pitt's affair with Julie? Due to this influence, how did it become necessary to kill her off, yet create enough influence in Dirk's life to keep him chasing an answer?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Alan Moran's duplicity between who he is in the public eye, and who he is behind closed doors. Suggest reasons for this dual personality. Speculate on the necessity of this behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Dirk Pitt to James Bond. What are their similarities, and how are they different? Do you think it was the author's intent to create a similar character to James Bond? Why or why not?

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