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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. In a letter to Harry, who does Kittredge tell him is being considered for the directorship of the CIA?

2. Who does Harry lose his virginity to?

3. Who is Harry forced to take to a party he is attending with the Soviets, a woman he describes as a spinster?

4. In Part II, Chapter 2, Harry doesn't want to talk about his current job with Harvey so what does he try to change the subject to that Harvey hates?

5. What does Kittredge reveal to Harry in Omega IV about Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Dix and Harry go out for a drink with Freddie McCann and his wife Bunny?

3. How does Kittredge show her duplicity when leaving Harry?

4. How do Harry's issues with authority reemerge in Part IV, Chapters 7 - 13?

5. What does Harry discover about Kittredge and Dix Butler in Omega XII?

6. How do all the different names represented by cryptograms reinforce the concept of Alpha and Omega?

7. What experience does Harry share that has to do with God and lust?

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

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

10. In Omega I through Omega VII, Harry spends a lot of time discussing his childhood and background. How are these connections important to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Omega VII - Omega XII, the reader is presented with three different versions of the CIA man through Harry, Rosen, and Dix. Examine the three different versions of the CIA man that are represented in "Harlot's Ghost". Who is an agent by birthright? Who has had to transform painfully to become an agent? Who is a bit of a thug but a spy by nature? Compare and contrast these different versions of the CIA man.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In Part IV, Chapters 14 - 19, of "Harlot's Ghost" many of the characters find themselves at the tipping point, their security being breached, and everybody is reacting secretively. Explore the theme of traditional values breaking apart in the novel, "Harlot's Ghost". What is revealed about Dorothy Hunt, Harvey's wife? What happens to Sally, Harry's mistress at this point in the story? How is Harry's affair with Sally mirrored with the very public affair between the Soviets, who do not realize they are being recorded? How does Nancy posing as Harry's fiancee underlie the strange world that are coming from?

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