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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 does a prominent Syrian official come to Denmark to do in Chapter 6?

2. From where are most Israeli combatants drawn?

3. APAM is concerned with ____________.

4. What assignment is Ostrovsky given after quitting the Mossad?

5. The Mossad think Oswald was ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Danish operation in Chapter 6.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The second part of By Way of Deception contains a series of operations undertaken by the Mossad across the globe. Write an essay about the reasoning underpinning these operations. Divide them into the two rationales guiding Israeli foreign policy. How does each operation serve this objective? Does it succeed or does it fail? Why? Determine if the use of espionage to achieve lofty objectives is self-defeating:

Part 1) The safety of the State of Israel.

Part 2) The safety of Jews worldwide.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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