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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapters 69-96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martin Grey say he believes the metallic object below the submarine is in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 41?
(a) An alien spaceship.
(b) A hidden treasure chest.
(c) An ancient cathedral.
(d) An underground prison.

2. Who is said to be the director of Immari Security that Martin Grey eyes “as if he were an apparition” in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 30?
(a) Steve Cooper.
(b) Ben Adelson.
(c) Dorian Sloane.
(d) Howard Keegan.

3. What writing on the submarine does Karl Selig make out as the iceberg crumbles in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) SM U-101 SS Handelskrieg.
(b) U-1062 SS Germaniawerft.
(c) U-977 SS Kreigsmarine.
(d) UB-115 SS Kaiserliche Marine.

4. When David Vale examines the numbers in the craigslist ad in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42, the first numbers turn out to be GPS coordinates for a location at the border of what countries?
(a) France, Germany, and Switzerland.
(b) North and South Korea.
(c) China, Nepal, and India.
(d) The United States and Mexico.

5. What term from the novel refers to the study of mitotically or meiotically heritable changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype, caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence?
(a) Epigenetics.
(b) Culigenetics.
(c) Cryogenetics.
(d) Synergetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin Grey tells Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45 that what he knows of the structure under the submarine is that it’s very old. “At least as old as the ruins” where?

2. The mini-yacht that Harto has received from David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39 is said to be capable of holding how many people above deck?

3. In the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 38, the narrator says that Cole had almost saved enough to open a Jiffy Lube. How much had Cole saved?

4. How do David and Kate enter the bomb shelter in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 44?

5. What is the name of the research vessel that is described in the opening of the Prologue?

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