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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 is revealed about Libertad in Part IV, Chapter 30 that is very surprising?
(a) She once was a conjoined twin.
(b) She used to be a man.
(c) She's really from America.
(d) She is in love with Harry.

2. What does Hugh discover after checking with his contacts at the Soviet Desk in Part IV, Chapter twenty-one?
(a) That Harry has been slacking on his work.
(b) That something is missing.
(c) That Harry has lied.
(d) That Kittredge is having an affair.

3. Whose passionate affair does Harry describe in Part IV, Chapter 33?
(a) Hugh and Kittredge.
(b) His own with Kittredge.
(c) His own with Sally.
(d) Zenia and Georgi.

4. Who has many nicknames for Chevi?
(a) Kittredge.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Sally.
(d) Libertad La Lengua.

5. Who gave Allen Dulles a coded go-ahead for Cuba?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Rosen.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a letter, Harry's father tells him he has reunited with his ex-wife; who is he distraught over committing suicide?

2. In Part IV, Chapter 26, what does Harry go to with Porringer?

3. What journalist does Fidel Castro give an interview to in The New Republic?

4. Who is now the top agent in Uruguay in Part IV, Chapter twenty-two?

5. Who does Kittredge say has always hung like a ghost over her and Hugh's marriage and their sex life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does multiple names serve as one of the larger symbols in "Harlot's Ghost"?

2. What happens to Chevi after he is arrested and his cover is blown?

3. How do Hugh and Kittredge help Harry with the Boris situation?

4. How is Harry's regressing also symbolized as a blow to America's ego in the early 1960's after the failure at the Bay of Pigs?

5. What does Chevi reveal about Libertad la Lengua?

6. Who is Chevi and how has he become important to the Agency?

7. In Part Six, Chapters 11 - 20, how do the people in Harry's life start acting strangely?

8. Why does Arnie Rosen seem to have a grudge against Harry?

9. What prevents Harry from being transferred to a more active base in Israel?

10. How does the faulty wiretap scenario in Part V, Chapters 21 - 30 illustrate the problems inherent in serving different interests?

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