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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. At the beginning of Chapter Sixteen, where is Donatella?
2. What aspect of Mitch's career does Anna like least because it reminds her of her childhood worries about her father?
3. Whose funeral does Irene Kennedy attend in the opening scene of Separation of Power?
4. In her early twenties, what did Donatella do for a living?
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the videotape that Irene Kennedy plays for Mitch in Chapter Four?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Irene Kennedy's knowledge about the woman in the tape she plays for Mitch in Chapter Four indicate about her?
2. What happens to Mitch in Germany when he goes to assassinate Count Hagenmiller?
3. Describe the coded messages Mitch uses with Donatella in Chapter Twenty-One.
4. What plan does Colonel Gray suggest to the President to increase the odds of the Delta Force's plan working?
5. Why does Congressman Albert Rudin want to see the CIA shut down and dismantled?
6. What does Hank Clark's hiring of Ben Freidman to murder the woman who killed Peter Cameron indicate about Clark's role in Cameron's death?
7. Why doesn't Mitch want the CIA desk job Irene Kennedy offers him?
8. Why does Mark Ellis oppose Irene Kennedy becoming the new CIA director?
9. How do the photos Irene Kennedy shows the President help verify the accuracy of the information Israel has provided about Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons?
10. What problems does Senator Hank Clark's current marriage have, and how does Clark intend to resolve these problems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Separation of Power takes place in Washington, Milan, and the Middle East, and was published in 2001. Discuss how the geographical and chronological settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Vince Flynn had set the novel in the present day instead. Would the threat of nuclear weapons in Iraq be considered as great now as they were when the novel was written? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How are Middle Eastern characters depicted in the novel? Is there a difference in the way Israeli and Arabic characters are portrayed? In what ways does this depiction reflect or not reflect American politics at the time the novel was written? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Separation of Power contains a number of instances of irony. Cite at least three examples of irony in the novel and and discuss what you think the author intends to convey with each example.
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