English 2- The Trench By Steve Alten

Front 1

True/False
In the Trench, Proteus represents the Greek water god

Back 1

FALSE

Front 2

True/False
Ellis Richards is the Navy deep sea pilot

Back 2

False

Front 3

True/False
The hydrothermal vents supply oxygen for the bacteria to live

Back 3

False

Front 4

True/False
The Proteus succumbed to the attack of three creatures

Back 4

True

Front 5

True/False
Jonas has never explored the trench, but has only heard about it

Back 5

False

Front 6

True/False
The Carcharodon megalodon is the fiercest predator ever to have lived

Back 6

True

Front 7

True/False
Jonas was an argonaut and was out to prove the existence of the carcharodon megalodon

Back 7

True

Front 8

True/False
Masao Tanaka is Jonas's father-in-law

Back 8

True

Front 9

True/False
The megalodon broke the LEXAN glass and killed jake, doug, and david

Back 9

True

Front 10

Benedict Singer is a trustworthy scientist

Back 10

False

Front 11

Name the protagonist character(s)

Back 11

Terry and Jonas

Front 12

Name the antagonist characters

Back 12

Celeste and Benedict

Front 13

What type of characterization does the author use?

Back 13

The author uses direct when discribing Mac and Khali Habash and indirect characterization with most of the rest of the characters. The author is also omnipresent, meaning he is all knowing in parts of the book.

Front 14

List 3 characterisics of Celeste and Jonas

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Celeste- seductive, coniving, manipulative

JOnas- smart, determined, cautius

Front 15

name the conflicts in the novel

Back 15

man vs.man (benedict vs. terry or jonas vs. celeste)
man vs. nature( Jonas vs. angel)
man vs. fate(men that died)
man vs. self ( terry vs. herself and Jonas vs. himself)
man vs. soceity( Benedict vs. Jamstec)

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UNIS

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Unmanned nautical Information submersibles

Front 17

Jamstec

Back 17

Japanese Marine Science Technology Center

Front 18

GTI

Back 18

Geo TEch Industries

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SOSUS

Back 19

Sound surveillance system

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ITER

Back 20

Internal thermonuclear Experiemtnal Reactor

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Proteus

Back 21

believed to have hit a black smoker. Benedict and Celeste tried to hide the fact that it was attacked. Actually was attacked by Kronosaurs.

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Goliath

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A decommissioned Kirov-class soviet missile cruiser donated by the Russian government to Geo Tech Industries as part of a twenty year contract to develop and supply alternative energy resources. It was used to cover up the fact that the prometheus was being used to collect manganese nodules. The goliath also had a secret lab on board.

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Prometheus

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the sub that collects the manganese nodules and brings them to the goliath. eventually implodes

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Epimetheus

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the sub that added external lights to the hull of the prometheus.

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Benthos

Back 25

The underwater sub that was used to scare away the sharks and store the subs. It had multiple levels and a LEXAN glass dome window. was eventually where benedict is killed.

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William Beebe

Back 26

the ship Celeste found to find Angel.

Front 27

Lady Washington

Back 27

An old wooden ship that was the setting of a wedding reception. Angel tore apart the ship during a search for food.