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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meant more to Dirk than the discovery of the Russian sub?
(a) Rescuing the survivors of the plane
(b) Being the hero of the day
(c) Dating three beautiful women in a desolate area
(d) Rescuing the archaeologists

2. Where was the poison for the rest of the delegates put?
(a) In the champagne
(b) In the tea
(c) In the coffee
(d) In the Beef Wellington

3. How many barrels of oil do geologists claim may be under Israel alone?
(a) Five hundred million
(b) Seven hundred million
(c) Two hundred thousand
(d) Six hundred thousand

4. What makes Hoskins temporarily lose hope?
(a) The appearance of Dirk Pitt
(b) The fact that he and his companions crashed
(c) His own negative attitude
(d) Their snowmobiles not starting

5. How many barbarian men were killed?
(a) Ten
(b) Fourteen
(c) Thirteen
(d) Twelve

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the cab driver think when he had dropped Dirk off?

2. What offer does Severus give Junius?

3. How many survivors came from the plane?

4. Who will die before Venator?

5. What did the Legionaries do to anger the barbarians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why aren't the Soviets aware of the salvage operation?

2. What did Venator consider an acceptable sacrifice for the preservation of these artifacts?

3. What kind of things were at the Alexandria Library?

4. What was the hangar and what did it contain?

5. What was the secret purpose of the Thursday night poker game?

6. What things did Rivas say the President of the USA wanted with him?

7. How did Redfern feel about being yanked from his work?

8. Why is the gold piece such an amazing discovery?

9. Once they have rescued both the archaeologists and the survivors of the crash, what does Dirk turn his attention to?

10. Why was it so important that Venator got back to the ship?

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