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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 has to happen before Halim and Ran S. can go out together?

2. What is Jumbo?

3. In Chapter 3, Ostrovsky mentions a computer that tracks __________.

4. According to an instructor in Chapter 7, why did Amikan shave his head?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Halim eventually provide the Mossad in the Prologue?

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

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

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

7. What communication training do cadets undergo in Chapter 2?

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

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

10. How does Ostrovsky join the Mossad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the first part of By Way of Deception, Victor Ostrovsky clearly is uncertain about the morality of his participation in Mossad. By the end of this part, the author has become completely disillusioned by the agency. Write an essay focusing on Ostrovsky's alienation from Mossad.

Part 1) Discuss the initial interviews, tests and lessons of Ostrovsky's time in Mossad officer training. What does he feel about the moral bending he is required to undertake? What does he feel about the conspiracy theorizing of the agency? How does this illustrate his relationship with Mossad from the beginning?

Part 2) Explore the awkward interaction in Chapter 8 between Ostrovsky and Jerry. How does this interaction illustrate the lack of honor in the agency? Why does Ostrovsky react so violently against it, and what is unnerving about the Mossad's reaction to the incident?

Part 3) Discuss the moment at which Ostrovsky is forced to leave the Mossad. What grand mistake does he make, and what different forces compel him to this failure? To what extent does Ostrovsky seem to be set up? How does this illustrate his innate separation from the agency?

Essay Topic 2

The publication of By Way of Deception was deeply controversial. Write an essay analyzing the motivation Victor Ostrovsky has in revealing his experiences with Mossad. How does his final analysis explain his disillusionment with the agency? What do you think he expects to accomplish be revealing its operations? In the end, does By Way of Deception seem like a self-aggrandizing action? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the training Ostrovsky undergoes in the first part of the book. Each part should pertain to a repeated subject of the education. What do the instructors use as examples? What is the value of this skill set to the objectives of a Mossad agent? Discuss how Victor responds to this training? Does he think that the ends justify the means learned in his education as a Mossad officer?

Part 1) Fake companies.

Part 2) Recruiting

Part 3) Assassination

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