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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cant Pym ask Teal in catering code?
(a) About how things are in Russia.
(b) About using another bar as a meeting place.
(c) About Jerome's Diploma.
(d) About his next assignment.

2. Who does Teal name that Pym actually had information on?
(a) Benjamin T. Wislow.
(b) The pasha of Banda.
(c) Cobb.
(d) Burnham.

3. When, according to the President, did the soviets call ABC?
(a) When they found out the material was bogus.
(b) When Burnham started dating Eva.
(c) When Mengele was arrested.
(d) When Pym went missing.

4. How does Burnham describe The Secretary of Agriculture's speech?
(a) "Boring."
(b) "Sophistry."
(c) "Eloquent, yet only partially true."
(d) "Well intended."

5. What does Burnham take from the locked closet in Epstein's office?
(a) Tapes.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) Office supplies.
(d) A Gucci bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Burnham want to call after he found his new office?

2. In his statement that he starts the news conference with, what earlier event does the President refer to?

3. When asked by a member of the press about the spy scandal, what does the President say?

4. What does Burnham want to do because he felt patriotic?

5. What does Ivy see people doing on the street as she crossed the street in the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burnham's distraction with his personal life work to Ivy's advantage?

2. How does the President explain Burnham to the press?

3. What occurs in Chapter 8 that lets us know that Burnham is definitely "in" with the President?

4. What gives Burnham the courage to tell Eva he has put her under investigation by the FBI?

5. How does Pym know that Teal appreciates the information he has given him?

6. What does Burnham realize after the ordeal of his first Cabinet meeting?

7. What was in the courier bag from Teal that alarmed Pym?

8. What is Burnham's ironic thought about Sarah after he solves the crisis with Toddy?

9. Considering the development of Burnham's relationship to the President throughout the book, how has Burnham influenced American Foreign Policy?

10. Describe why Burnham is not fired after that first meeting with the President.

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