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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. Who is Hunt rooting for during the election in Part V, Chapter thirty-one?

2. Harry is depressed in Part V, Chapter thirty-five, after his breakup with who?

3. Where does Hunt have the leaders of the group in charge of taking out Castro transferred to?

4. What Vice President does Harry describe a visit from to in a letter to Kittredge?

5. Whose passionate affair does Harry describe in Part IV, Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two of the dual personalities that appear in Part IV, Chapters 25 - 30?

2. 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?

3. How is Cal's growing weakness highlighted in his letters to Harry?

4. What important event takes place in Part Six, Chapters 19 with the CIA?

5. How does Modene serve as a replacement of Kittredge for Harry?

6. How does Harry begin to have problems with Chevi in the second part of Mongoose?

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

8. What does Fidel Castro talk about in an interview to journalist Jean Daniel?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part IV, Chapters 7 - 13, Alpha and Omega play an extremely large part in this section of the book. Harry is developing different parts of himself in this section of the book. Examine how Harry has started to developed two separate personalities, his Alpha and Omega. How would Harry's Alpha side be described? How would Harry' Omega side be described? Which part would be Harry's side that thinks Hunt's stupid jokes are funny, or the part that is sleeping with a married woman and the professional part as he develops his contacts and continues his work?

Essay Topic 2

The author gives many details about Harry's background through description and through the use of flashbacks. Explore the use of flashbacks in narrative writing and analyze those used in the novel "Harlot's Ghost". How do the use of flashbacks help to develop the character? Are the flashbacks used in the story important for its development? Would the reader like more flashbacks to learn even more about the characters?

Essay Topic 3

In Part III, Chapters 1 - 7, Harry falls even further in line with the accepted social mores of his country and era. Research and explore Communism, and the morals that are reinforced by the characters in "Harlot's Ghost". What is communism? How prevalent was communism in the 1960's? How did the Agency indoctrinate the Agents to the idea of anti-Communism as a calling? What happens with Lenny Bruce at a nightclub that lets Hugh and Kittredge use their anti-Communism power as an agent?

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