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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. APAM is concerned with ____________.

2. According to the Mossad authorities in Chapter 7, why did the Mafia kill John F. Kennedy?

3. Where was Victor Ostrovsky born?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Ostrovsky do at the Tsomet?

5. What evidence is discovered in the Black September house raided in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ostrovsky learn about Sri Lanka while facilitating companies in Chapter 6?

2. Why did Golda Meir issue death warrants for Black September in Chapter 9?

3. What does Ostrovsky learn about foreign surveillance in Chapter 3?

4. How is the head of Black September connected to Akbar in Chapter 9?

5. How does Mossad eventually avert the assassination of Golda Meir in Chapter 9?

6. Where is Victor Ostrovsky transferred in Chapter 6?

7. What are the consequences of the botched Cypress assignment in Chapter 8?

8. How does the Mossad make first contact with Halim in the Prologue?

9. How is the training divided up in Chapter 2?

10. Describe the awkward interaction between Jerry S. and Victor in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about By Way of Deception as a chronicle of one man's journey to moral understanding. Discuss Victor's life prior to his recruitment to Mossad. Why does he decide to join the agency? How does his training begin a process of disillusionment? Explore his years in the service. Is he largely successful? Why, in the end, does Ostrovsky leave the agency? How does he feel about Mossad after the fact?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Over the course of Ostrovsky's novel, the author makes clear that Mossad relies on recruits who may or may not know they are helping Israel. These recruits are often put into grave danger and sometime die or disappear. Write an essay about three instances of Mossad recruits being endangered.

Part 1) Analyze the use of prostitutes in the Iraq operation described in the Prologue. Why are prostitutes employed? What information do they help elicit from Halim? Discuss why a prostitute is killed at the end of the operation. What did her death serve to accomplish?

Part 2) Discuss the recruitment of Magid and Jadid in Chapter 12. What information do these men have, and what is its value to Mossad? Explore whether the brothers know who they are helping. What danger do they face? How is Jadid compensated for the danger he faces?

Part 3) Explore the Libyan agent who is recruited in Chapter 17. What information does this agent provide the Mossad? What operations does it aid, and how do Israeli agents attempt to protect him? What is the Libyan agent's ultimate fate?

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