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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 is Yanta's relationship to Rosenthal?

2. What kind of work did Brown do before he became involved with the CIA?

3. In Chapter One, who warns Ellis NOT to mess with Irene Kennedy or the CIA if he doesn't want to end up dead?

4. What is the second option General Flood gives the President in Chapter Eleven for dealing with the problem at the Baghdad hospital?

5. What does Clark want Brown to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven, how do the President's top military advisers suggest dealing with the situation in Baghdad?

2. What problem does Mitch's experience in Germany indicate that the CIA has?

3. Why does Mitch think the men who attack Donatella in her apartment are from Mossad?

4. What does Irene Kennedy's knowledge about the woman in the tape she plays for Mitch in Chapter Four indicate about her?

5. How does the fact that Saddam Hussein has hidden his nuclear weapons under a hospital complicate any mission to seize or destroy those weapons?

6. What precautions does Donatella take prior to entering her apartment in Chapter Twenty-Three?

7. What problems does Senator Hank Clark's current marriage have, and how does Clark intend to resolve these problems?

8. 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?

9. Why doesn't Donatella tell Mitch who hired her to kill Peter Cameron the first time he asks?

10. What does the way Donatella greets Mitch in Chapter Sixteen indicate about her feelings for Mitch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the politicians in the story: Hank Clark, Albert Rudin, and President Hayes. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Separation of Power contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and how this technique is used to indicate events to come.

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