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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. At the beginning of Omega VI, Harry's mistress, Chloe, calls Harry and says what?

2. What does Harry offer to do after Harvey listens to the tape he made?

3. In Part IV, Chapter sixteen, Harry writes to Kittredge, who does he tell her he is working on a new operation with -- a couple he is sure is KGB?

4. In Part II, Chapter 1, who does Harry accompany and the city of Berlin and help distribute supplies to safe houses?

5. What does Kittredge write back in reply to Harry's first letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kittredge get into experimenting with LSD?

2. What does Harry oversee in Uruguay?

3. What does rock climbing represent for Harry and Hugh?

4. What does Harry's mistress, Chloe, call to tell him after Kittredge locks herself in her bedroom?

5. Harvey gives Harry two tapes to record the conversation with Gehlen. Besides taping Gehlen, what does Harry do with the other tape?

6. During Harry's first days in Berlin, what things are illuminated?

7. What does the note say that Boris passes to Harry at the end of Part IV, Chapter 19?

8. What does Harvey keep doing with Harry's cryptogram?

9. What is an example from "Harlot's Ghost" where Harry's instincts go against the official Agency policies?

10. What does Harvey want to do with the mission Cloakroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry's life in Part II, Chapters 11 - 16, is dominated by strong male figures, the most important of which are Harlot and Harvey. Analyze the characters of Harlot and Harvey, examining how they dominate Harry's life. How is Harry beginning to orchestrate his seeming independence from Harvey? How do Hugh's clam that the agency functions as "soldiers of God" fall in line with Harry succumbing to the morals of a patriarchy? How have the both shaped Harry as a man?

Essay Topic 2

In "Harlot's Ghost", Harry discusses his parents' connection with the CIA. These connections also define Mailer's view of the CIA. Research and explore the CIA and how it correlates to Harry's family. What is the CIA? How is Harry's family involved in the CIA? What do the CIA do for America? How do Harry's personal and familial connections draw him into the CIA?

Essay Topic 3

Part IV, Chapters 7 - 13, Alpha and Omega play an extremely large part in this section of the book. Harry is developing different parts of himself in this section of the book. Examine how Harry has started to developed two separate personalities, his Alpha and Omega. How would Harry's Alpha side be described? How would Harry' Omega side be described? Which part would be Harry's side that thinks Hunt's stupid jokes are funny, or the part that is sleeping with a married woman and the professional part as he develops his contacts and continues his work?

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