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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 do white agents not know?

2. The Mossad think Oswald was ___________.

3. In Chapter 6, where did Ostrovsky first work at a bureau desk?

4. How much more training do the cadets have at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What is Itsik's complaint about Victor regarding the Tel Aviv hotel job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Besides recruitment, what skills do cadets learn in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. How does Ostrovsky join the Mossad?

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

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

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

8. How do Ostrovsky's first assignments go in Chapter 5?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The operations described in Victor Ostrovsky's book can be divided into two categories which include those that are reacting to attacks on Israel and those preemptively trying to stop future attacks. Write an essay in which you compare these operations. Offer an example of each, and determine which is more effective. What tactics are used in each type of operation? How does the world react to each type? In the end, does either type of operation seem totally effective?

Essay Topic 2

Much of the operational success the Mossad enjoys in Ostrovsky's novel is the result of finding good recruits from outside the Israeli establishment. In an essay, choose three examples from the novel of katsas recruiting individuals who provide intelligence. What motivation does each recruit have for helping Israel? Is he or she aware of the true involvement? What security achievement results from this recruits assistance?

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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