View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Webb access the green van at the Shumchun Reservoir?

2. While at the football game, about what does Webb complain?

3. After he arrives by train in Kowloon, what does Webb discover the impostor Bourne has that matches something old of Webb's?

4. As Marie realizes the government is behind Webb's recruitment, how does she feel?

5. In Chapter 1, during the fire and subsequent chaos in the cabaret, who does the assassin kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marie's escape from the hospital successful?

2. What is Conklin's and Webb's plan?

3. By the end of Chapter 13, how has Webb's character changed from the beginning of the novel?

4. Do you agree with Marie's thinking that Webb's memories of Burma are healthy?

5. How does Webb locate the wealthy Asian taipan?

6. Why might the CIA and State Department have chosen McAllister as the link to David Webb?

7. Summarize the situation in Macau that is revealed to Webb in Chapter 3.

8. What does Webb's reaction to receiving Marie's note tell the reader about the couple's relationship?

9. What do Webb's actions in Wu Song's warehouse tell the reader?

10. Why might Webb want to find out about Medusa after his wife first disappears?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Good versus evil is a theme throughout "The Bourne Supremacy," both literally and figuratively.

Part 1) How is good presented in the book? How is evil presented in the book? Cite examples.

Part 2) Select two characters from the book and explain why they are good, evil, or a combination of both. Provide examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the debating strategies between Catherine Staples and Raymond Havilland in their discussion as to why Marie has to be turned over to the government.

Part 1) With whom do you agree regarding this argument, and why?

Part 2) Debate one side of this argument from either the viewpoint of Staples or Havilland.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain the significance of one of the action scenes in the novel (e.g., Webb's chasing the impostor to the airfield, Marie's escaping from Yao Ming, etc.)

Part 1) Why did you select this scene, and how did this scene enhance the novel's sense of suspense?

Part 2) What was resolved or made more complicated by the scene?

Part 3) What significance does this scene have for Webb/Bourne?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,054 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample