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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 Thirty-One, what is Anna upset about not receiving from Mitch?

2. What job promised to Brown is being given to another?

3. What does Steveken leave the restaurant without doing when he and Rudin meet at the end of Chapter Thirty-Five?

4. What is Freidman's mood like at the beginning of Chapter Thirty-Six?

5. Before leaving her in the care of her new guards, what two things does Mitch make Donatella promise not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Congressman Zebarth in Chapter Thirty-Seven help illustrate Washington's atmosphere of secrecy?

2. When Anna returns to the U.S. from Milan and finds that there are no voice mail messages from Mitch on her phone, what does she conclude?

3. How does Rudin's showing of Mitch's photo affect Mitch's ability to work under cover and how does the President counteract the damage to Mitch's reputation?

4. Explain how, in Chapter Forty-Nine, Anna gets Mitch to understand the feelings she experienced in Milan when she didn't know if she would ever see him again?

5. Describe Jonathan Brown's meeting with Steveken in Chapter Thirty-Two.

6. Describe the Delta Force mission in Baghdad and explain why it is such a gamble.

7. Why does the President want to write his own speech in Chapter Forty-Six, and why does his chief of staff not want him to write his own speech?

8. What is the code name or nickname Colonel Gray and Kennedy use for Mitch in Chapter Twenty-Six, and what does this name indicate about Mitch and his abilities?

9. When the President meets with Ben Freidman after the successful Delta Force mission in Iraq, what does Freidman think the meeting will concern and what does the meeting actually concern?

10. In Chapter Twenty-Nine, why does Irene Kennedy assign Navy SEALS rather than CIA agents to guard Donatella in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mitch Rapp is the novel's protagonist or hero, yet he is also an assassin who has killed over twenty people. Discuss the character of Mitch. What are his character strengths and flaws? How do these strengths and flaws help and hinder him during the story? In what ways is Mitch typical and in what ways is he atypical for a protagonist or hero? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Ben Freidman, Albert Rudin, Hank Clark, and Irene Kennedy all go against the rules and sometimes even break the law to achieve their goals. What is the motivation of each of these characters for their illegal or illegitimate activities? Are any of them acting for the good of others, or do they each only act out of greed? What do you think the author is saying about the world of politics through the actions of each of these characters? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the depiction of women in Separation of Power. What professions do the women in the novel have? Are any of the politicians in the story female? Do the novel's female characters exhibit typical or atypical gender role behavior for the era in which the novel is set? What do you think the book's author is trying to say about women through these characters? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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