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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. In what room of the building are the the closed sessions of the SSCI to discuss "intelligence matters" held in Chapter 29?

2. What word from Chapter 25 means unwilling to spend money or use resources?

3. What is the Neo-Baroque All-Russia Insurance Company building in Moscow that Benford has a photograph of on his office wall?

4. Where are the closed sessions of the SSCI to discuss "intelligence matters" held in Chapter 29?

5. Whose lab does MARBLE visit in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jennifer Santini described? How does she die?

2. What are the details of the canary trap enacted by Egorov?

3. What is errant about the FBI's charge into the hotel in Chapter 20? Why?

4. What is the significance of the false information Benford has Dominika pass along to Egorov?

5. What happens during the exchange in Chapter 42?

6. How is Korchnoi's arrest described? Where is he taken?

7. What circumstances does Dominika face after she and Nate escape the hotel after the conflict with Matorin in Chapter 37?

8. What information is Dominika instructed to pass to Egorov in Chapter 37?

9. Who is SWAN and why is this character important?

10. What does Putin remark about Athens and Dominika in Chapter 38?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of MARBLE in the novel. What is MARBLE's true identity? For how long has MARBLE been working for the U.S.? In what capacity? What are the dangers that MARBLE faces?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different ways that author Jason Matthews employs irony in the novel. How is dramatic irony employed, and why is the narrative style of the novel important for this type of irony to occur? What situational irony is depicted? What are examples of verbal irony? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in Red Sparrow. What are some of the recurring symbols that appear throughout the narrative? What does each symbol represent? How do these symbols connect to the novel's themes?

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