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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 do the Mossad ask of their contact in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 12, how long does it take does the Mossad to mobilize a contact with Magid?

3. Whom does Pollards pass information to besides an Israeli representative in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 10, where does Mossad say the missiles came from?

5. Where is Naim Khader killed in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Tsafririm?

2. What does Israeli security decide it wants to focus on in 1975?

3. What arrangement do Denmark and Israel have in the mid-1970's?

4. How does the Mossad make initial contact with Magid?

5. What operations does Carlos enact in Chapter 10?

6. Why are the Ethiopian Jews particularly endangered in Chapter 15?

7. How does Orlando Letelier's death illuminate the Mossad connection to DINA?

8. What is Moukharbel's connection to Mossad in Chapter 10?

9. How does the Mossad find its contact in Chapter 16?

10. What nefarious activity do the Mossad discover involving Magid and his brother in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout By Way of Deception, the author indicates that Mossad engages in operations throughout the globe with the intention of interfering in the affairs of sovereign states. Write an essay about three countries in which the Mossad operates. What value does this nation have in Israel's mind? Does the nation know the Mossad is there? What justification does Israel offer for its covert work in the country?

Part 1) Sudan

Part 2) United States

Part 3) Lebanon

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the training Ostrovsky undergoes in the first part of the book. Each part should pertain to a repeated subject of the education. What do the instructors use as examples? What is the value of this skill set to the objectives of a Mossad agent? Discuss how Victor responds to this training? Does he think that the ends justify the means learned in his education as a Mossad officer?

Part 1) Fake companies.

Part 2) Recruiting

Part 3) Assassination

Essay Topic 3

Almost as vivid as Ostrovsky's portraits of Mossad agents and recruits are his portrayals of the international antagonists to Israel's safety. Write an essay about the characters of Carlos and Arafat. How does each man prove to be a treat to Israel? What is his motivation for seeking its destruction? Explore the chapters in which these characters are prominent. How does the Mossad succeed in thwarting each man in his mission against Israel?

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