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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 Ben Freidman's formula for telling the most believable story whenever he has to lie?
2. How does Irene respond to the majority of the questions from the Senate Committee in Chapter Forty-One?
3. With whom does Mitch walk out onto the dance floor at the end of the novel?
4. In Chapter Twenty-Nine, who does Irene Kennedy assign to guard Donatella in America?
5. In Chapter Thirty-Three, what does Irene Kennedy tell Mitch it means when the President paces?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Colonel Gray want Mitch for the Delta Force's Baghdad mission?
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. Why is Hank Clark's treatment of Irene Kennedy at her Senate confirmation hearing ironic?
4. How successful is Mitch's disguise as Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, once the Delta Force team arrives in Baghdad?
5. When Anna returns to the U.S. from Milan and finds that there are no voice mail messages from Mitch on her phone, what does she conclude?
6. Why does the President want to write his own speech in Chapter Forty-Six, and why does his chief of staff not want him to write his own speech?
7. How does Irene Kennedy advise President Hayes that they deal with the scandal Rudin unleashes?
8. What political scandal does Albert Rudin introduce on the Meet the Press television show?
9. In Chapter Twenty-Nine, why does Irene Kennedy assign Navy SEALS rather than CIA agents to guard Donatella in America?
10. Describe how Clark resolves his problem with Rudin in Chapter Forty-Seven.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Anna, Donatella, and Irene from Separation of Power. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Separation of Power contains a number of instances of irony. Cite at least three examples of irony in the novel and and discuss what you think the author intends to convey with each example.
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