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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. Who successfully tapped the PCU?

2. Who is Hunt rooting for during the election in Part V, Chapter thirty-one?

3. Harry reads the transcripts from the stewardess and her friend; who does he find out she was spending her weekends with in Las Vegas?

4. Whose death from 1968 does Harry discuss happened while at a dinner party?

5. Who is Harry meeting with who starts to have a heart attack in Part V, Chapter thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cal's growing weakness highlighted in his letters to Harry?

2. In Part Six, Chapters 11 - 20, how do the people in Harry's life start acting strangely?

3. How does Modene serve as a replacement of Kittredge for Harry?

4. What important event takes place in Part Six, Chapters 19 with the CIA?

5. What does Fidel Castro talk about in an interview to journalist Jean Daniel?

6. 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?

7. How does the faulty wiretap scenario in Part V, Chapters 21 - 30 illustrate the problems inherent in serving different interests?

8. What does Chevi reveal about Libertad la Lengua?

9. Why does Arnie Rosen seem to have a grudge against Harry?

10. How does multiple names serve as one of the larger symbols in "Harlot's Ghost"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

"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?

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