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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 does Cal go to meet in Paris, who the agency has put next in line for the Presidency of Cuba?

2. Who arranges a raid on Cuba, although the men never reach their target?

3. Harry's father writes him a letter in Part V, Chapter thirty-three, who does he say died?

4. Where does Harry say the company lands when they can no longer land in Trinidad during the invasion?

5. What Vice President does Harry describe a visit from to in a letter to Kittredge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hugh and Kittredge help Harry with the Boris situation?

2. What happens to Chevi after he is arrested and his cover is blown?

3. Who are the famous men that Modene has affairs with?

4. Who is Chevi and how has he become important to the Agency?

5. What does Chevi reveal about Libertad la Lengua?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. How is Harry's recording of the invasion of The Bay of Pigs as a journal rather than letters to Kittredge important as a real breakthrough for them?

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

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

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

Harry is a complicated man with a mysterious job, although he seems to be presenting himself very clearly to the audience and we trust him as narrator. Examine the use of tone in fiction writing and explore how it's used in "Harlot's Ghost". How does the author set the tone in "Harlot's Ghost"? How is this tone important for the overall mood of the story? What is the tone in "Harlot's Ghost"? Does this tone seem to go well with the story?

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