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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 journalist does Fidel Castro give an interview to in The New Republic?
2. Who has many nicknames for Chevi?
3. Who does Harry go into the operation with over in Cuba?
4. Who does Harry believe Chevi is in love with?
5. Who is tortured with his head in a toilet bowl, although this person will not confess to giving up the men lost in the raid?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't Harry care to become a "Most Special Fellow?"
2. How is Harry's regressing also symbolized as a blow to America's ego in the early 1960's after the failure at the Bay of Pigs?
3. How does Harry's rise to his father's side mirror the country's expectation that Bobby Kennedy will somehow help to fill the place his brother left?
4. What important event takes place in Part Six, Chapters 19 with the CIA?
5. How does multiple names serve as one of the larger symbols in "Harlot's Ghost"?
6. What does Fidel Castro talk about in an interview to journalist Jean Daniel?
7. Why does Arnie Rosen seem to have a grudge against Harry?
8. How does Modene serve as a replacement of Kittredge for Harry?
9. How does Harry begin to have problems with Chevi in the second part of Mongoose?
10. What prevents Harry from being transferred to a more active base in Israel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Harlot's Ghost", one of the writing styles that the Norman Mailer uses is his choice of narrator. Mailer uses a first-person narrative to tell the story. Explore the different styles of narrators for fiction writing, particularly first-person narratives as in Harlot's Ghost. How does knowing Harry's thoughts and feelings help the story along? How would the overall story be affected by a change in narrator?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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