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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. Who is the commanding officer of the Delta Force that meets President Hayes in Chapter Eighteen?
2. What does Anna like about shopping in Milan?
3. What does Mark Ellis' father do for a living?
4. What is Yanta's relationship to Rosenthal?
5. In Chapter Thirteen, what gift does Mitch buy at Tiffany's for Anna?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it ironic that Donatella needs morphine after she is wounded by Rosenthal?
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 is Ben Freidman's history with Donatella Rahn?
4. What happens to Mitch in Germany when he goes to assassinate Count Hagenmiller?
5. What precautions does Donatella take prior to entering her apartment in Chapter Twenty-Three?
6. What plan does Colonel Gray suggest to the President to increase the odds of the Delta Force's plan working?
7. How does the fact that Saddam Hussein has hidden his nuclear weapons under a hospital complicate any mission to seize or destroy those weapons?
8. What does the way Donatella greets Mitch in Chapter Sixteen indicate about her feelings for Mitch?
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 does Freidman select Marc Rosenthal to assassinate Donatella?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Mitch's relationship with Anna and his relationship with Donatella. Is there any evidence in the story that Mitch still has romantic feelings for Donatella or that Donatella still has romantic feelings for him? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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
Compare and contrast the character of Ben Freidman, the head of Israel's Mossad, and the character of Irene Kennedy, the head of the CIA. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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