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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 does Anna like about shopping in Milan?

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

3. How much money does Donatella tell Mitch she got paid for killing Peter Cameron?

4. What is Mitch's relationship to Anna?

5. Who does Mark Ellis visit in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mark Ellis oppose Irene Kennedy becoming the new CIA director?

2. Why does Freidman select Marc Rosenthal to assassinate Donatella?

3. Describe the conspiracy in which Hank Clark wants Jonathan Brown to engage in Chapter Twelve.

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

5. Why does Mitch Rapp want to retire from the CIA?

6. Why doesn't Mitch want the CIA desk job Irene Kennedy offers him?

7. Explain the concept of congressional oversight in terms of the intelligence community and why Rudin thinks Irene Kennedy does not support the concept.

8. Describe the coded messages Mitch uses with Donatella in Chapter Twenty-One.

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

10. Why does Jonathan Brown want to participate in a conspiracy to bring down Irene Kennedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 characters of Anna, Donatella, and Irene from Separation of Power. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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