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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 did Kittredge do after her first husband was paralyzed in an accident?

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

3. What is the name of Hugh and Kittredge's baby?

4. How does Kittredge react to Harry's letter about the Alpha and Omega's in Part IV, Chapter eight?

5. What does Harry learn from Harvey that is now in London in Part II, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry oversee in Uruguay?

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

3. How is Harry described as a child?

4. How does Kittredge describe people's psyches as Alpha and Omega?

5. How does Harry begin to fall even more in line with the accepted social mores of his country and era in Part III, Chapters 1 - 7?

6. How is Kittredge's theory of Alpha and Omega represented in Harry in Part IV, Chapters 7 - 13?

7. What are the three different versions of the CIA man that are presented in Omega VII - Omega XII of "Harlot's Ghost"?

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

9. How does Kittredge get into experimenting with LSD?

10. How do the ghosts that Kittredge mentions tend to arise at times of particular stress and challenge?

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

"Harlot's Ghost" is the story of Harry Hubbard's adventures in the CIA. Analyze the character of Harry from the first few chapters of the text. Who is Harry married to at the beginning of the novel? How did Harry get involved in the CIA? What happened to Kittredge's first husband and her son?

Essay Topic 3

In Part II, Chapters 5 - 10 of the novel "Harlot's Ghost", Harry has started to change and become more of a man in a traditional sense. Analyze how Harry's character has started to mature and change at this point in the novel, and also examine where his development is still incomplete. How has Harry started to become more of a man in his personal life? How is Harry learning to play different games for function successfully within the CIA? How is Harry's development still incomplete? How does Harry still rely heavily on Harry's development?

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