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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. To where does Mitch tell Anna he's going when he leaves her shopping in Milan's Prada store to go see Donatella?
2. What does Irene Kennedy think is the reason for Freidman's visit to the President?
3. Who does Mark Ellis visit in Chapter One?
4. When Steveken visits Rudin's office, why does Rudin lead him out of the office to meet at a nearby coffee shop instead?
5. Why does Freidman tell the assassin assigned to kill Donatella to take a team with him rather than making it a solo job?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Eleven, how do the President's top military advisers suggest dealing with the situation in Baghdad?
2. Explain the connection between Saddam Hussein and white Mercedes sedans and how the Delta Force plans to use this connection in their mission to take out Saddam's nuclear weapons.
3. What plan does Colonel Gray suggest to the President to increase the odds of the Delta Force's plan working?
4. Why does Mark Ellis oppose Irene Kennedy becoming the new CIA director?
5. Why doesn't Donatella tell Mitch who hired her to kill Peter Cameron the first time he asks?
6. How does the fact that Saddam Hussein has hidden his nuclear weapons under a hospital complicate any mission to seize or destroy those weapons?
7. What plan have Rosenthal and Sunberg worked out in Chapter Twenty-Two for assassinating Donatella?
8. Why does Jonathan Brown want to participate in a conspiracy to bring down Irene Kennedy?
9. 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?
10. Why is it ironic that Donatella needs morphine after she is wounded by Rosenthal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Anna's relationship with Mitch. Does it change or grow during the course of the novel? How do their respective careers affect their relationship? Does Anna seem to understand what Mitch's career involves? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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
Some aspects of Separation of Power seem well-researched, realistic and believable while other aspects of the story seem implausible. Discuss this fact and cite at least three examples from the text to support your arguments.
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