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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 Chapter 4, what do recruits learn are set up around the world and available for Mossad use at any time?

2. The Mossad think Oswald was ___________.

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

4. When does Chapter 7 begin?

5. In Chapter 7, the cadets are trained how to eliminate ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Halim begin doing work for Donovan in the Prologue?

2. What communications information do the cadets learn in Chapter 7?

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

4. What training do the cadets receive in Chapter 3?

5. What story does Dan Drory tell the cadets in Chapter 7?

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

7. What is new about the Academy in the beginning of Chapter 7?

8. What is the Mossad line on the Kennedy assassination?

9. How is the Cypress mission botched in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book, Victor Ostrovsky describes his reasoning for revealing the secrets of Mossad: he believes the agency has led to moral decay in Israel. Write an essay about Ostrovsky's thesis regarding moral decay. What policies does Mossad back that run contrary to the nation's values? What tactics does Ostrovsky claim are morally corrosive? Do you believe this argument? Why or why not? Discuss whether the author's participation in Mossad precludes his moral authority.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about the nation of Israel as a promise. What was Israel before it was founded after the Second World War? What was the root of Zionism in the twentieth century? Discuss how a homeland remained a dream for the Jews since the Diaspora and how Israel maintains citizenship laws that maintain the promise of a Jewish homeland. How do Mossad's missions to rescue Jews outside of Israel speak to the honesty of this promise?

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