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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. Whose tactics do the Chilean security operators use in killing Orlando Letelier in Chapter 11?

2. What happens to the Libyan agent at the end of Chapter 17?

3. Why does the Mossad decide to limit what its agent does in Libya?

4. Where is Naim Khader killed in Chapter 13?

5. What lie does Mossad tell the CIA in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Tsafririm?

3. What operations does Carlos enact in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

7. How does Mossad kill the new head of Black September in Chapter 10?

8. Why do Magid and his brother begin providing info to a katsas in Chapter 12?

9. How does the Mossad make initial contact with Magid?

10. Why does attaining an Exocet missile head prove difficult for Mossad in Chapter 11?

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

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 3

The plot of By Way of Deception is deeply entrenched in the world of the 1970's and 1980's. Israel, in the wake of the 1967 War. Write an essay about the international community during the novel. How is Islamism and Palestinian nationalism on the rise? What is the role of international terrorism? Is America's role in this political climate similar or different from the way it is today? Discuss how Mossad's role is created by the era.

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