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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 state does Senator Stephanie Boucher represent?

2. At what bed and breakfast do Nate and Benford stay while investigating the Electric Boat Shipyard?

3. How is the weather described on the evening of the swap in Chapter 42?

4. What does the term "vyshaya mere" translate to in English (424)?

5. When was the DNA Fingerprint Act enacted that is described in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the apartment of Jennifer Santini described?

2. What exchange is to take place in Chapter 40? Where is the exchange to occur?

3. Who is Simon Benford? What is his position?

4. What is a stovepipe in spy tradecraft?

5. What information is Dominika instructed to pass to Egorov in Chapter 37?

6. What is revealed about Zyuganov's character in Chapter 30?

7. What is the significance of the false information Benford has Dominika pass along to Egorov?

8. Who is SWAN and why is this character important?

9. What leads to the FBI's confrontation with Boucher? What does she do?

10. What is errant about the FBI's charge into the hotel in Chapter 20? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of MARBLE in the novel. What is MARBLE's true identity? For how long has MARBLE been working for the U.S.? In what capacity? What are the dangers that MARBLE faces?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss synesthesia and its depiction in Red Sparrow. What is a synesthete? How does synesthesia manifest in Dominika's character? In what ways does it benefit her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative style of Red Sparrow. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? Why is this narrative perspective important? What aspects of the story would change if the narrative came from a different point of view?

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