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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 was supposed to happen after David detonated his attache?

2. What do the Americans want from the Saudi ambassador?

3. How does the president respond when he hears that the rescue mission was a success?

4. What does Friedman claim the Mossad knows about the ambassador's assassination?

5. What is Goldberg worried about politically, in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Kennedy, Rapp, and others know about David's mission in D.C.?

2. What blows the cover of the rescue team as they attempt to save the hostages?

3. In Chapter 60, what does Kennedy report to the president about the bombing in Hebron?

4. What do Rapp and Kennedy learn and then decide about David, in Chapter 59?

5. What happens at the press conference the president scheduled after Rapp returns from his rescue mission?

6. What kind of set-up does David establish in his new apartment in Washington, D.C.?

7. What does Kennedy report Freidman told her about the assassination?

8. What does Rapp think about Anna as the rescue attempt begins?

9. Against whom does David want revenge after the Israeli air attack?

10. How do the Americans determine the target of the bombing in D.C.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is most duped in "Executive Power"? Provide at least 3 examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as strong as Mitch Rapp. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss 1) at least 3 ways the novel would change if it were written from the perspective of Dr. Irene Kennedy and 2) at least 3 literary devices Flynn could use while writing from this different perspective.

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