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

2. In Chapter 13, what does Arafat do to cope with the power struggle between Palestinian groups?

3. Where is Naim Khader killed in Chapter 13?

4. What part of an Exocet does Contreras agree to provide the Israelis in Chapter 11?

5. In what year does the Mossad discover Magid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Israel's operations in the United States revealed in the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. How does Arafat react to the power struggles in the Palestinian community in Chapter 13?

3. How does Orlando Letelier's death illuminate the Mossad connection to DINA?

4. What is Al?

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

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

7. What does Israeli security decide it wants to focus on in 1975?

8. How does Contreras connect with Mossad in Chapter 11?

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

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

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 2

In By Way of Deception, Victor Ostrovsky often shows the connection between the actions of Mossad and famous historical event: the bombing of the American hotel in Beirut or the 1972 Olympics for example. Write an essay about one such occurrence. How does Mossad activity impact the international climate lead toward or away from the event? What is the connection between Israeli policy and this event? Does Ostrovsky reveal a hidden component to this event?

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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