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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 does Lee request of the State Department in this chapter?

2. What did the U-2 pilot captured in Russia fail to do?

3. In 2 July, what does Ferrie want from Carmine Latta?

4. Why does Lee's mother initially dislike Marina?

5. Besides his rifle, what does Lee carry in his photo session with Marina this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Lee and Marina decide to return to America?

2. How does Lee and Marina's relationship begin?

3. What role does writing play and Lee's life in Minsk?

4. What do Frank and Raymo commiserate about on July 2nd?

5. On October 4th, what does Branch learn about Kennedy's Miami visit?

6. Describe Lee's life in Minsk after returning from the U-2 Interrogation.

7. How does Lee Oswald try to expedite his meeting with Soviet agents after his suicide attempt?

8. Describe the interviews Oswald has in Moscow?

9. What deal does Lee strike with the FBI in New Orleans?

10. Why is Oswald brought back to Moscow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main framing device of the two narratives of Libra is the figure of Nicholas Branch. In an essay, discuss the Branch storyline in the novel. Who is Nicholas Branch, and what is his objective in the novel? How does his life devolve in a fashion similar to Oswald's? Discuss the extent to which the rest of Libra is the product of Nicholas Branch's work.

Essay Topic 2

The political world of the book world is one of interlocking yet competitive covert interests. Write an essay about how these interests affect the life of Lee Oswald. What are each of these interests' objectives, and what role is Oswald supposed to play in these objectives? Which of these covert groups gives up on Oswald and which places nearly all of its hopes on him?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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