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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. Why does the President insist on writing his own speech about the Orion Team's successful mission?

2. When Mitch introduces himself to Hank Clark at the bar, what secret of Clark's does he say he knows?

3. Who approaches Anna while she dines alone at Leo's in Milan?

4. Why does the President summon Anna into his office at the beginning of Chapter Forty-Six?

5. Who does Mitch tell Colonel Gray and the members of the Delta Force team he can impersonate during their Baghdad mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irene Kennedy handle herself at the confirmation hearing after Rudin's accusations on Meet the Press?

2. What goes wrong with the timing of the missile attack designed to provide a diversion for the Delta Force's mission and how will could this problem potentially affect the mission?

3. When President Hayes learns of Ben Friedman's involvement in Peter Cameron's murder, what does he think Freidman's involvement indicates about Israel's involvement in American affairs?

4. Why does Colonel Gray want Mitch for the Delta Force's Baghdad mission?

5. Describe the Delta Force team's encounter with an Iraqi policeman en route to the hospital that is their destination.

6. What political scandal does Albert Rudin introduce on the Meet the Press television show?

7. What is the code name or nickname Colonel Gray and Kennedy use for Mitch in Chapter Twenty-Six, and what does this name indicate about Mitch and his abilities?

8. How does Rudin's showing of Mitch's photo affect Mitch's ability to work under cover and how does the President counteract the damage to Mitch's reputation?

9. How does Irene Kennedy advise President Hayes that they deal with the scandal Rudin unleashes?

10. When the President meets with Ben Freidman after the successful Delta Force mission in Iraq, what does Freidman think the meeting will concern and what does the meeting actually concern?

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

Discuss the depiction of women in Separation of Power. What professions do the women in the novel have? Are any of the politicians in the story female? Do the novel's female characters exhibit typical or atypical gender role behavior for the era in which the novel is set? What do you think the book's author is trying to say about women through these characters? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Separation of Power contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and how this technique is used to indicate events to come.

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