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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. What is the name of Mitch's dog?
2. How does Rudin feel about the CIA?
3. Who kills Yanta in Chapter Twenty-Four ?
4. Which of the following statements does NOT describe Donatella's physical appearance?
5. When Mitch tracks down the person who tried to have him killed in Germany, what does he find?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the concept of congressional oversight in terms of the intelligence community and why Rudin thinks Irene Kennedy does not support the concept.
2. What does Hank Clark's hiring of Ben Freidman to murder the woman who killed Peter Cameron indicate about Clark's role in Cameron's death?
3. What is Ben Freidman's history with Donatella Rahn?
4. Why does Freidman select Marc Rosenthal to assassinate Donatella?
5. How is Israel's request for America to take care of Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons essentially blackmail?
6. In Chapter Seven, why does President Hayes instruct his advisers not to give Ben Freidman warm greetings?
7. What happens to Mitch in Germany when he goes to assassinate Count Hagenmiller?
8. Why does Mitch think the men who attack Donatella in her apartment are from Mossad?
9. What problems does Senator Hank Clark's current marriage have, and how does Clark intend to resolve these problems?
10. Why does Jonathan Brown want to participate in a conspiracy to bring down Irene Kennedy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Separation of Power takes place in Washington, Milan, and the Middle East, and was published in 2001. Discuss how the geographical and chronological settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Vince Flynn had set the novel in the present day instead. Would the threat of nuclear weapons in Iraq be considered as great now as they were when the novel was written? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How are Middle Eastern characters depicted in the novel? Is there a difference in the way Israeli and Arabic characters are portrayed? In what ways does this depiction reflect or not reflect American politics at the time the novel was written? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the character of Ben Freidman, the head of Israel's Mossad, and the character of Irene Kennedy, the head of the CIA. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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