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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 calls Mackey on June 19th looking for work?

2. How does Lee try to avoid shipping out from Atsugi?

3. What documentation does Parmenter provide Mackey with in 20 May?

4. Which failed operation is Parmenter fixated on in 20 May?

5. How does George de Mohrenschildt interact with the CIA?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lee's life in New Orleans like?

2. Who is Walter Everett, Jr.?

3. What does Lee dream about doing while in New Orleans?

4. Who does Marguerite blame for her life in the Bronx?

5. How does Lee meet David Ferrie?

6. Why is Parmenter especially angry about the Bay of Pigs debacle?

7. What plans does Parmenter tell Mackey on May 20th?

8. What do Win, Parmenter, and Mackey discuss in 17 April?

9. Describe Nicholas Branch's life.

10. How does Lee meet Konno in Atsugi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the catalyst for the Kennedy assassination, Win Everett is a strangely benign and ambiguous figure. In an essay, discuss the grievances he expresses regarding the Kennedy administration. What does he want his fake assassination to achieve? Based on these goals, does Everett seem left or right in his political leanings? Is he an inherently violent man?

Essay Topic 2

The assassination passage of Libra is a harrowing and disturbing series of pages, but it clearly elucidates the reality of the day. In an essay, discuss how Don DeLillo frames the events on November 22, 1963 in this passage. Whose point of view does the author tell the assassination from? Is the passage linear in its chronology? How does the author eventually make clear who killed Kennedy?

Essay Topic 3

The novel Libra begins with a single CIA man having a plan to fake an assassination attempt and bringing two colleagues on board. Write an essay about each of these three men. What is each man's vested interest in this plan? What is he revenging? What goal does he wish to attain? In the end, how does this man lose control of the people he brings on board with the plot? What becomes of him?

Part 1) Everett

Part 2) Parmenter

Part 3) Mackey

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