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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 Omega I, what two ghosts does Harry say haunt the island?

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

3. In Omega VII, what is the name of the man that Harry knows that he sees in the woods?

4. Harry writes that he has two autobiographies, one of which is over 2,000 pages long, and the other is how many pages?

5. After learning about Kittredge's affair, Harry leaves for New York; what does he hear happened after he left?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kittredge get into experimenting with LSD?

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

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

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

6. What information does Harry give about his estate, The Keep, in Omega I?

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

8. What story does Harvey tell Harry about an East German baby?

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

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

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

Part I, Chapters 5 - 14, highlights Harry's dependence on his father and godfather, and his distrust of his own instincts. Examine the theme of Harry's dependence on his father and godfather, also exploring his distrust of his own instincts. What is the definition of dependence? How does Harry's dependence on his father and godfather affect his self-confidence? What examples from the book demonstrate what Harry's dependence? Would Harry be considered a self-confident man? What is an example from the book of Harry distrusting his own instincts?

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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