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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. When does the Mossad front open in Chapter 15?

2. What is used to mask the arms in their Chapter 13 cache in Hamburg?

3. In Chapter 12, what the katsas says he needs help from Magid with _________.

4. In Chapter 14, Al is particularly distrustful of the United States ambassador to __________.

5. Whom is Arafat primarily trying to circumvent in acquiring weapons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Israeli's decide regarding Libya in the beginning of Chapter 16?

2. How does the Mossad rescue Ethiopian Jews in Chapter 15?

3. What actions does Mossad take in Chapter 13 to undermine Arafat?

4. What is Moukharbel's connection to Mossad in Chapter 10?

5. What is the Tsafririm?

6. How does Mossad take down the United States ambassador to the UN in Chapter 14?

7. What operations does Carlos enact in Chapter 10?

8. How are the Camp David negotiations described in Chapter 14?

9. How is Moukharbel killed in Chapter 10?

10. How does the Mossad find its contact in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the operational tools of the Mossad in the novel is vice, in the form of prostitutes, booze, and pornography. Write an essay on the use of vice by katsas to bring recruits on board. Cite specific examples from the text. How does sex and debauchery appeal to the type of individual they want to recruit? How does the pleasure of the forbidden provide a still-stronger hold on the recruit than a more sensible form of compensation?

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

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?

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