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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. Harvey gives Harry several names of contacts he wants him to track down; how does the first contact feel about Harvey?

2. In Omega I, the novel jumps from 1983 to 1984. Harry is flying from New York to where?

3. What does Harry send Kittredge as a present in Part IV, Chapter five?

4. Who does Harry lose his virginity to?

5. In a discussion with Harvey in Part II, Chapter 11, who does Harry identify that they are going to meet at midnight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Harry become more of a man in Part II, Chapters 5 - 10?

2. How is Kittredge's sixth sense emphasized when Harry sends her a brooch?

3. How does Harry begin to fall even more in line with the accepted social mores of his country and era in Part III, Chapters 1 - 7?

4. How is Kittredge's theory of Alpha and Omega represented in Harry in Part IV, Chapters 7 - 13?

5. What does Harvey keep doing with Harry's cryptogram?

6. What is an example of how Hugh feels about Harry and the CIA?

7. How does Kittredge get into experimenting with LSD?

8. In Omega I through Omega VII, Harry spends a lot of time discussing his childhood and background. How are these connections important to him?

9. What does Harry discover about Kittredge and Dix Butler in Omega XII?

10. How do all the different names represented by cryptograms reinforce the concept of Alpha and Omega?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry is a complicated man with a mysterious job, although he seems to be presenting himself very clearly to the audience and we trust him as narrator. Examine the use of tone in fiction writing and explore how it's used in "Harlot's Ghost". How does the author set the tone in "Harlot's Ghost"? How is this tone important for the overall mood of the story? What is the tone in "Harlot's Ghost"? Does this tone seem to go well with the story?

Essay Topic 2

In "Harlot's Ghost", one of the writing styles that the Norman Mailer uses is his choice of narrator. Mailer uses a first-person narrative to tell the story. Explore the different styles of narrators for fiction writing, particularly first-person narratives as in Harlot's Ghost. How does knowing Harry's thoughts and feelings help the story along? How would the overall story be affected by a change in narrator?

Essay Topic 3

"Harlot's Ghost" is the story of Harry Hubbard's adventures in the CIA. Analyze the character of Harry from the first few chapters of the text. Who is Harry married to at the beginning of the novel? How did Harry get involved in the CIA? What happened to Kittredge's first husband and her son?

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